Re: Odd orthography)

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From: Josh Brandt-Young <neonwave7@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Odd orthography)


>On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:18:03 -0700 JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON
><mpearson@...> writes:
>
>
>Speaking of political correctness, here's something that my philosophy
>teacher brought up a few days ago that I thought was quite funny.
>
>Beginning word: "humanity"
>Obviously sexist. We have to get "man" out of there.
>
>Second stage: "hupersonity"
>Well, why is it "son," huh? Why not "daughter?" More male chauvinism.
>
>Last Stage: "huperbeingity."
>
And of course we will have to get rid of the "Apostrophy-S" ('s) that we use
to show possession, since it is a contraction of "his".  What should we
replace that with?