andrew wrote:
>
>On 12/10 13:17 Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > * Steve Mirsky recently suggested that the ethnonym "Turkmens" be
>replaced
> > by "Turkpersons" on gender equality grounds. I see no reason we
>shouldn't
> > grant the same courtesy to the French people. In prusuit of the same
>noble
> > goal, China's official language will henceforth be refered to as
> > "Persondarin". (And yes, Mirsky was joking.)
> >
>That's so sexist - it's perDAUGHTER!
Surely "daughter" is just as sexist as "son"? I guess we've got
"Peroffspringdarin" then.
Andreas
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