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- From: djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Sexist language
- Message-ID: <38036@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 02:29:30 GMT
- References: <BzBs7x.97G@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec17.150052.10887@vax.oxford.ac.uk> <BzJMLp.84o@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- In article <BzJMLp.84o@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@banshee.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
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- # Secondly, I am NOT prejudiced against American English. I see
- # nothing wrong with this variant, just as I see nothing wrong with
- # Indian English; but I am humble enough to accept a standard
- # English, the very existence of which you deny.
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- No, no, no!
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- We just deny the right of someone who knows nothing about language, or
- about English, or about the English, to tell us what that standard is.
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- Fair enough, old chap?
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- David
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