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RE: guys != gender neutral
From: joseph.snyder () gmail com
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:41:56 -0400
Intention is everything, words are only part of it. If you can't determine intention and you get upset then it is you that has the problem. Ask or let it go and assume the best intentions. The world be a lot better off if we all did this. Lorell Hathcock <lorell () hathcock org> wrote:
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}? OwenUsing 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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Current thread:
- guys != gender neutral, (continued)
- guys != gender neutral Jo Rhett (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Owen DeLong (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Jay Ashworth (Sep 27)
- RE: guys != gender neutral Eric Wieling (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Landon Stewart (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Jethro R Binks (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Larry Stites (Sep 27)
- RE: guys != gender neutral Lorell Hathcock (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Aled Morris (Sep 28)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Brian Henson (Sep 28)
- RE: guys != gender neutral joseph . snyder (Sep 29)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Jimmy Hess (Sep 29)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Jo Rhett (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral JC Dill (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Brian Christopher Raaen (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Rob McEwen (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral deleskie (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Kevin Carmical (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Ben Bartsch (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral William Herrin (Sep 27)
- Re: guys != gender neutral Jo Rhett (Sep 27)