Re: Sally back, and conlang survey part 1 and 2
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 23:03 |
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:08:49AM +1300, andrew wrote:
> On 12/10 13:17 Andreas Johansson wrote:
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> > * 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!
[snip]
That's even more sexist. It should be perchild! I mean, *daughter*?!
That's such a perjorative... </sarcasm>
T
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