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From: zz1cp@sdccsu3.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: wench
Message-ID: <1395@sdccsu3.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 19:30:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 10 19:30:37 1983
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Couldn't resist putting my "non"-cents in.  In jest, I renamed the
UCSD chapter of the Society of Women Engineers the "Wenches with
Wrenches".  I got a *lot* of flak for this, but the name caught on,
and is used jokingly by the women in the group.  The point I am trying 
to make is that you can use just about any form of address if you know 
the person, and everyone is aware of the context the term is used in.  
However, it is really offensive when an outsider uses this "in" term.  
If unsure of the situation, I always use the most formal forms of 
address, it's the safest method.

I'm thinking of donating a wrench to use instead of a gavel at the 
SWE meetings.  I just hope the president doesn't hit me with it!

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Cindy Paloma
UCSD Computer Center
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