[156849] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: guys != gender neutral
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jethro R Binks)
Thu Sep 27 17:22:57 2012
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:22:45 +0100 (BST)
From: Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks@strath.ac.uk>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CABgOHguBThgipVjrUdSy79z5ET9hEGALHh1OvWUUHGHm1qr4oQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Landon Stewart wrote:
> 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.
This discussion is a well-trodden (and tediously dull) path. My favourite
response to it:
http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=UVMRESNET&D=0&P=2278
Thank you Jason Healy.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,
Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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