Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bu-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!bu-cs!bzs From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: "he or she" - a grammatical problem solved Message-ID: <242@bu-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 18:34:07 EST Article-I.D.: bu-cs.242 Posted: Sun Mar 9 18:34:07 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Mar-86 03:32:15 EST Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 10 >I doubt I will ever be completely comfortable with "henchperson." how about 'personhole' (you know, those things in the middle of the street) and 'craftspersonship'. Maybe the rule here is the one about consistency and hobgoblins and mediocre minds. -Barry Shein, Boston University