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From: nga@root.co.uk (Nick Armitage)
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: What to call a female wizard?
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Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 04:28:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 30 04:28:15 1987
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oh gee, what a response! my mailbox has been snowed under and i have
been complimented on/accused of creating more net traffic than someone
who professes VMS to be superior to UN*X!

when i asked what to call a female wizard, it was an innocent question
from someone who is not into d&d. anyone who knows me would know that
it was not a sexist question - if anything the reverse. i was interested
in attributing female wizards their correct title - nothing else.

for instance, it is quite common over here to call a female chairperson
a chairman - now i think that is wrong. so to call a female wizard a
wizard, if gender was implied by the term, would also be wrong.

now that i know that a female wizard is called a wizard, i will do so -
safe in the knowledge that i am not insulting or degrading anyone.

thank you all for your replies. those people who were not so kind,
i can understand, but no insult was intended - really!

nick
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