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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
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Subject: summary of non-sexist terms for "gentlemanly"
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Date: Mon, 9-Jan-84 14:24:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  9 14:24:27 1984
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Thanks to all who have sent me responses.  The question was,
"Is there a non-sexist term for 'gentleman'/'gentlemanly'?"
One person suggested "gentles."  Interesting, and potentially
useful, but that's cheating, since it's not a real word.
The two top contenders that are authentic English words are
"gallant" and "chivalrous." Somehow, though, they seem much too French.
Anybody have something in Anglo-Saxon?

There was a time, of course, when French was the language of the
oppressor, Saxon that of the oppressed.  Time may heal all wounds,
but it does not synonyms make.  Richard Mitchell (in "Less Than
Words Can Say") points out that the state can pardon you, but
it takes a friend to forgive you.  Likewise, hearts are broken, not
fractured.  I guess I was looking for something in a "nice guy."

Of course, the "gentle" in "gentleman" is obviously not Saxon, so I
may truly be barking up a wrong tree.  That book, incidentally, is a
delightful flame on language and education, if anyone cares to
discuss it.
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