Victor A. Wagner, Jr. writes:
when the sex of the entity is unknown, in English the male pronouns shall
be used.
And my wife thinks it laughable whenever she sees articles on computer-related
topics refer to an unknown programmer or user as she. To do so is just
incorrect, unless it is
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I'm all for bending over backwards to protect Booster's intellectual
property rights, but I having a lot of trouble applying IP concepts to
such
a posting. Am I off-base here?
I think you're spot-on,
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PC run amok
No, you can't blame that on a malfunctioning PC. That was just me
being intentionally considerate.
In this case, I suspect PC ==
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However, when talking about a specific individual, and not an anonymous
person, I think it is quite appropriate to use the correct gender, if it
is
known.
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After
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Victor A. Wagner, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
PC run amok
No, you can't blame that on a malfunctioning PC. That was just me
being intentionally
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However, when talking about a specific individual, and not an anonymous
person, I think it is quite appropriate to use the correct
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Oh! I have never ever heard that term before!! Thanks for explaining
it to me!!!
Umm...my sarcasm detector is giving me an ambiguous reading... :(
Without that explanation, I'm sure I would
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how does that make Victor's point?
Historically, the masculine gender was used to denote an anonymous
person, with no intended message about the superiority of any gender.
It isn't until very
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how does that make Victor's point?
Historically, the masculine gender was used to denote an anonymous
person, with no intended message about the
Hmm...
a lot of energy wasted on whether to use he or she. So lets waste some more
time...
Here in Denmark the correct way to refer to a person (of both genders) in
a representative sense is simply he. Nobody is foolish enough to think
its literally a man.
So if the persons gender is unknown,
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