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From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Suffix to Replace \"-man\"
Message-ID: <2113@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-May-85 13:14:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 10 13:14:08 1985
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Suffix to Replace "-man"________________________________________________________

> What we need is a generally useful suffix to replace -man, not just for words
> that already exist, but also as a general replacement for an extremely prolif-
> ic formative element in our language. 

	Years ago, around 1972 or so, when I was but a lad, I read an article in
a local newspaper (the _North_Hills_News_Record_, to be precise), that suggested
that we use "-one" in place of "-man".  I've not heard of this anywhere else.
Perhaps the idea got no further than the north hills of Pittsburgh.
	The idea was that "-one" is a monosyllable, sounds a bit like "-man",
and fits well in many places where "-person" does not.
		<_Jym_>
		Chairone of The Board,
		Committee to Abolish Linguistic Sexism

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