On 14 Sep 2006 06:44:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chair became accepted practice as a way of making the
position sound less sexist back when people cared.
My 1953 Webster's 2nd gives "presiding officer" as
one of the definitions of "chair". That's well before the
time you're talking about. (And, it's in the main
dictionary, not the addenda.)
I took Tom's original comment about talking furniture
to be an attempt at humor. Given the responses, others
have either not taken it that way, or run the joke deep
into the ground.
If we're done with humor, and the definitions and
evolution of English words, can we get back to something
vaguely related to the purpose of this Listserv (or at
least matching the Subject line)?
For instance, how does the attendance match up with
prior years, especially those years when dinosaurs ruled
the world?
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