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Re: Gender

From:Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 7:54
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. > > -- > "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, > you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - > overheard > ICQ: 18656696 > AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42 >
Tristan anstouh@yahoo.com.au War doesn't prove who's right, just who's left. - BSD Games' Fortune

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