It's still puzzling; why is a girl's name offensive? Beats me! Weird. On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:59 PM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> The knicker-twisting was not about the drop frame itself, but that it was > given a "girl's" name, and therefore perpetuated (harmful, offensive, > presumptive, restricting??) stereotypes about...not sure what. In any case, > Clementine the fruit is named after Brother Clément Rodier, with the > feminine noun *-ine *suffix meaning of or from, So there you go, a bit of > both. But not a mixte. > > On Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 2:42:51 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> What is wrong with "girls' bikes"? (That question is general, not >> directed to Mark.) That seems a strange thing to twist knickers. (Male and >> female knickers, that is.) >> >> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
