Re: Results of Poll by Email No. 24

Peter Clark wrote:


 > A thousand apologies. It's an occupational hazard, especially
 > when people don't sign their emails. Of course, you're in good company;
 > H. S. Teoh has been (repeatedly) accused of being female... Of course,
 > there's also the saying, "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog."
 > It would not surprise me (much) to learn of canine conlangers, although
 > I would wonder about their keyboarding skills.

I've gotten quite used to switching my mental image of online people
from male to female, or vice versa [though not from human to canine],
whenever a clue as to gender arises. But I honestly was convinced that
I'd come across a strong "H. S. Teoh is female" clue. Very odd. I wonder
what it was. I usually assume that indeterminately-gendered names belong
to males (unfair, but appropriate in this, as in many, online fora),
unless there is some evidence to the contrary. Sorry, Teoh :)

s.
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Stephen Mulraney~~  e::ataltane at ataltane.net~~ w::ataltane.net

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