Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It seems that men are the ones who most often take offense. I like the idea of men and women using coded language like that when referring to each other--assuming, of course, there is no real malice. Allan On Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at 03:15 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Well, I'm the father of a daughter. But one doesn't have to be a > feminist > (which I assume you take to be a pejorative label) to react to somethat > that's about 30 years out of date in terms of generally acceptable > useage. > And was pretty ridiculous even 30 years ago, given that I've never > noticed > that males are any less gossip prone than females - it's just that the > subject of the gossip may differ. ;-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html