On 14 Sep 2006 06:55:40 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: ><snip> >Chair became accepted practice as a way of making the position sound less >sexist back when people cared. Chairperson was awkward and this seemed to >work for some. It has persisted since then, despite the fact that making >people into inanimate objects may actually seem more offensive to some. ></snip>
It's not as if this was the first time that has happened. Examples such as The White House, or The Throne or Crown or The Papal See come to mind. Remember when Oliver Twist was told to bow to the board, so he bowed towards the table? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
