Re: Gender

Incidentally, I went to the zoo today and discovered that as far as I'm
concerned, every animal, regardless of sex, is male in gender. It seems a
very grandmother thing to do, though, as (IME) they tend to call all
animals male, even if they know for a fact that it's female.

Tristan

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:

> David Peterson wrote:
> > Cindy (Pregnant): "Hi, David."
> > David: "Hey, Cindy.  How are they?"
> > Cindy: "They're quite fine, thanks."
> > David: "Have you decided what their name will be?"
> > Cindy: "If they're a boy, Shaun; if they're a girl, Elizabeth."
> >
> >     Up to the second-to-last sentence, it'd sound to me like she was having
> > twins are greater.
>
> I'd say:
>
> Nik: Hey, Cindy.  How's the baby?
> Cindy: Quite fine, thanks.
> David: Have you decided what the name will be? (or: Have you decided on
> a name yet?)
> Cindy: Shaun if it's a boy, Elizabeth if it's a girl
>
> So, where possible, I'd avoid the pronoun issue altogether.
>
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Tristan

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