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From: jamcmullan@watmath.UUCP (Judy McMullan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: language reform (ad naseum)
Message-ID: <7594@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Apr-84 13:53:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 23 13:53:49 1984
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	>I don't want to come off the same way, using the rather
	>stilted "WOMAN" to ingratiate myself.

Go ahead. Ingratiate yourself to me, that way, any time. Once I am called
a 'girl' by somebody, they have to go a hell of a long way toward
being reasonable, intelligent, sensitive, etc. before I'll
start treating them other than superficially. I just figure they
are so far out of my world that I couldn't exchange more than "pass the salt"
or "will that report be ready by Tuesday" with them.

Anyway, I am here to put in my two cents worth and "make it more evident"
to you that there IS support for this 'fad' of neuter language forms or
elimination of disrespectful forms (like 'girl' for grown women).

   --from the sssstickkky keyboard of JAM
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