| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 11, 2000, 21:58 |
Yoon Ha Lee wrote:> "Monk" to Western readers, a friend pointed out to me, usually means a > male person. "Monk" to me means male or female; I've seen enough female > Buddhist monks on the subway in Seou. <shrug>Well, in English, "nun" and "monk" are generally thought of as female and male equivalencies. I'd certainly assume maleness with the word "monk", just as I'd assume femaleness with "nun".