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Re: Sally back, and conlang survey part 1 and 2

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 20:12
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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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