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RE: guys != gender neutral
From: "Lorell Hathcock" <lorell () hathcock org>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:34:36 -0500
We may not all be guys. We may not all be gals. But we are definitely all CLOWNS. This is a substitution that should be acceptable to all and it really works. Sales-clown. Yep! Mail-clown. Yep! Fire-clown. Yep! Police-clown. Yep! Congress-clown. Yep! Yep! -----Original Message----- From: Landon Stewart [mailto:lstewart () superb net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:56 PM To: Owen DeLong Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: Re: guys != gender neutral On 27 September 2012 11:34, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
When did "people" stop being an acceptable gender-neutral substitute for {guys,gals}? Owen
Using the word 'people' is good but I like to say 'humans'. What's up humans? Can I get you humans to drink? This rarely offends anyone. -- Landon Stewart <LStewart () Superb Net> Sr. Administrator Systems Engineering Superb Internet Corp - 888-354-6128 x 4199 Web hosting and more "Ahead of the Rest": http://www.superbhosting.net
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