[156850] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: guys != gender neutral
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Stites)
Thu Sep 27 17:29:58 2012
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:29:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Larry Stites <ncnet@sbcglobal.net>
To: Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks@strath.ac.uk>,
"nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.02.1209272219190.24805@qrswnz.pp.fgengu.np.hx>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
EEK-Wallet-EE!
----- Original Message ----
> From: Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks@strath.ac.uk>
> To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
> Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 2:23:28 PM
> Subject: Re: guys != gender neutral
>
> 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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