>
> "Engraving was a highly specialized skill, a craftsman had
> to complete around five years of training before she could
> be a master engraver."
"Engraving was a highly specialized skill;
craftsmen
Had to complete about five years of training before they could become
master engravers."
>
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> R. D. Davis writes:
>
> >> Funnily enough, I already commented on this sort of thing and I tend to
> >> agree with Han-Wen on this.
> >
> > So do I.
>
> That's no surprise; so do all males I have seen responses from.
So why don't you ask a comment from a female. I rec
Jan Nieuwenhuizen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 14 September 2004 17:16
> To: R. D. Davis
> Cc: Ralph Little; lilypond-devel
> Subject: Re: Male/female/other
>
>
> R. D. Davis writes:
>
> >> Funnily enough, I already commented on this sort of thing
>
R. D. Davis writes:
>> Funnily enough, I already commented on this sort of thing and I tend to
>> agree with Han-Wen on this.
>
> So do I.
That's no surprise; so do all males I have seen responses from.
>> Further, if we were writing articles on child birth, I think that
>> phrases like "his cer
Quothe Ralph Little, from writings of Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:12:24AM +0100:
> Funnily enough, I already commented on this sort of thing and I tend to
> agree with Han-Wen on this.
So do I.
> Further, if we were writing articles on child birth, I think that
> phrases like "his cervix" rather ma
Hi,
Funnily enough, I already commented on this sort of thing and I tend to
agree with Han-Wen on this.
I don't think that it is unfair to pick a suitable gender depending on
the situation.
And I quote from my previous email on the subject:
===
The t
On Monday 13 September 2004 12:09, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > I suppose that since there's only -two- instances in which this is an
> > issue, it really doesn't matter. And since they're in the wordy
> > introduction rather than the "real" manual, it matters even less.
Han-Wen Nienhuys writes:
> I think that hand-engraving dates from the time that women did not
> participate much in professional life
Indeed, so wouldn't using 'he' instead of 'she' here not be extra
unkind to the [very few] women who were engravers? I'm not sure there
were none.
>, so I find t
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Graham Percival wrote:
> ...
> "Engraving was a highly specialized skill, a craftsman had
> to complete around five years of training before she could
> be a master engraver."
>
What about:
"Engraving was a highly specialized skill; a craftsman had
to complete around five
