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- From: lynch@ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch)
- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson -- Faint Praise
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.004911.12964@ils.nwu.edu>
- Sender: usenet@ils.nwu.edu (Mr. usenet)
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- Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
- References: <1992Nov18.175422.3033@dragon.acadiau.ca> <19NOV199200232233@venus.tamu.edu> <1992Nov19.222711.8644@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:49:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.222711.8644@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris) writes:
- >In article <19NOV199200232233@venus.tamu.edu> beh7214@venus.tamu.edu (HEAD, BRYAN EVERETT) writes:
- >)Summary:
- >)Date: 19 Nov 1992 00:16 CST
- >)Distribution: world
- >)Keywords:
- >
- >Various people write:
- >)>
- >)>>pictures for their PS/2 machines, to run as a backdrop under windoze. Now the
- >)> ^^^^^^^
- >)>Learn to spell WINDOWS!! You know, like the thing you look out to see
- >)>outside while you're indoors!
- >)>
- >)>>girls who work there have their own PS/2 running windoze
- > ^^^^^
- >
- >)>Once again, learn to spell...and get a life!
- >)>-Doc
- >
- >What - no flames about using the word 'girls'?
-
- 'girls' generally gets flamed only when in direct contrast with men.
- Here, it was 'guys'. Not perfectly parallel, perhaps, but close enough that
- no sexism is present.
- --
- "TANSTAAFL" Rich lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu
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