Re: Gender Neutral Names, was Sally back,and conlang survey part 1 and 2
From: | Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 0:23 |
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 16:13, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Joseph Fatula wrote:
> > I don't know about all of you, but the term "fireman" clearly
> > indicates someone who puts out fires
>
> "Fire-fighter" is the PC term.
Yep. Firefighters put out fires. Firemen stoke the engines of old
locomotives. :-) [OK, my dad is a train nut & it runs in the family.]
-Sylvia
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