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Subject: Re: "he or she" - a grammatical problem solved
Message-ID: <490@utastro.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 10:18:42 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 10:18:42 1986
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In article <830@cylixd.UUCP>, charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips) writes:
> When was the last time anyone
> called a woman who writes poetry a "poetess"? Or a woman who is a pilot
> an "aviatrix"?  Those forms have died.  Why don't we simply do away
> with the remaining grammatical gender as well?

I doubt I will ever be completely comfortable with "henchperson."

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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