Re: Genders (was Re: Láadan and woman's speak_

Robert Hailman wrote:
> Definitely maybe. To me, and many people I know, the e- prefix smacks of
> irritating advertizing and corporate jargon, beyond the word "e-mail".
> I'd probably woudn't accept that sort of distinction. Of course, I'm not
> the world, and it could very well become a gender distinction, though it
> would take quite a while, I'd imagine.
I really don't see it becoming a gender, perhaps a fully productive
derivational prefix, but to be considered a true gender, there'd have to
be some kind of pronouns or adjectives associated with it.  E-many
e-mails?  ;-)

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