Andreas 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.)
And let's not forget the Persondarin plural marker {-person}:
wo -- woperson
The {-men} suffix also gives you such forms as {women},
not very gender neutral! And all the more reason to change
it into {-person}. :)
Daniel Andreasson