On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:07:57 -0400, Arthur T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 14 Sep 2006 06:44:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main >(Message-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >[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. Thanks, Arthur. That's better than my 1973 Random House, which I was about to quote. > > I took Tom's original comment about talking furniture >to be an attempt at humor. And it was the funniest thing I'd seen in a while. It was a good thing I didn't have a mouth full of coffee when I read it! Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
