Re: ,Language' in language name?

Am 30.11.01, Andreas Johansson yscrifef:

> John Cowan wrote:
> >Andreas Johansson scripsit:
> >
> > > I do hope "an Englishman" is still acceptable? Or has the feminists
> > > purged that?
> >
> >Sure it's acceptable in individual uses, which is what we are talking
> >about. And Rosta is an Englishman, but Queen Liz is not.
>
> I meant in the generic sense "an English person". If I get you correctly,
> "Twelve Englishmen entered the room" can only mean that "Twelve English men
> (=male persons) entered the room" - I was under the impression it didn't
> necessarily show gender.
For me, /'INlISm@n/ = English; while /'INlIS 'mEn/ = English males.
In text, of course, I don't know!

Padraic.
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