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From: mat@mtx5b.UUCP (Mark Terribile)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: they vs it vs he vs she
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 18:28:02 EDT
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>I beg to disagree.  "Fire fighter", "letter carrier" and "police officer"
>were invented later and there are plenty who say "Yuck, fire fighter is
>sloppy and letter carrier is ambiguous."

Actully, ``firefighter'' and ``letter carrier'' are MORE precise terms than
``fireman'' and ``mailman''.

The term fireman could refer to either a firefighter (who puts out fires)
or to a fire tender (who maintains a fire).  The term mailman could refer to
a letter carrier or sorter or almost any other postal employee.  If it is
necessary to specify the gender (it rarely should be) the terms ``male'' and
``female'' can be added.
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