Odd orthography)

On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:18:03 -0700 JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON
<mpearson@...> writes:

>On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Tom Wier wrote:
>
>> one political-correctism that I detest is "herstory", based on the
>false
>> belief that the writing of history, having naturally been dominated
>by
>> men for the last several hundred years because of the culture in
>which
>> it was written, was a compound of <his> and <story>, the story of
>what
>> happened to men.
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."


This reminds me: does anyone have a sketch of Jacques Guy's
"Inoffensish?"

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Josh Brandt-Young <neonwave7@...>
http://geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6073/
"After the tempest, I behold, once more, the weasel."
(Mispronunciation of Ancient Greek)

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