To my credit, I'm starting to pronounce the "H" in herbs. :|
I've betrayed my New Yawk roots!
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On 15 Jan 2009, at 21:28, Simon Wears wrote:
There should ALWAYS be a U! =P Even in words that don't require one.
Like.. foloffle.
2009/1/15 Lizzeh Rodriguez <liz...@gmail.com>
Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. However
I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist in
the context. But just watch what ya say because it's a huge mailing
list and not everyone responds (like myself). I guess I'm finally
getting the British humor after living here over a year!
Yes...it's "humor" no u.
:)
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On 15 Jan 2009, at 20:27, John Levin wrote:
> Sean Miller wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge <i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk
>> > wrote:
>>> I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the bird"
>>> like
>>> that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post to
the
>>> list.
>>>
>>> Oh dear, I just did...
>>
>> Well, I meant it in the nicest possible sense.
>>
>> Better than the "dumbest blonde in the world" or whatever the poor
>> lady (not the one who unsubscribed, as far as I know, but the mad
>> Yank
>> I alluded to!!) was described elsewhere on the list today.
>>
>> Let's try to avoid getting too PC. "bird", "gal", "fella",
"geezer",
>> "other 'alf", "trouble and strife" etc. are all colloqiualisms
which
>> aren't really sexist or patronising at all, unless one decides to
>> make
>> them so.
>>
>
> 'bird' and 'trouble & strife' are perjoratives, and certainly are
> sexist. There is no relation between gender and having difficulty
with
> mailing lists.
>
> John
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