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- From: djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: They (was Re: Shaking people up with "she"? (was Re: Sexist language))
- Message-ID: <38045@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 13:51:32 GMT
- References: <BzJtDr.D3I@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec20.233047.24993@cdf.toronto.edu> <BzL4yC.L31@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- In article <BzL4yC.L31@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
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- # In article <1992Dec20.233047.24993@cdf.toronto.edu>
- # g9rwaigh@cdf.toronto.edu (Ro semary Waigh) writes:
- # >The net is hardly representative of the population in general.
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- # That is debatable. People from different backgrounds post to the
- # net and the variety in opinions you encounter here, is hardly
- # observed in real life.
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- If the variety of opinions encountered on the net is hardly observed
- in real life, then the net is hardly representative of the population
- in general, right?
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- Why do so many of your contradictions end up sounding like agreements,
- Mandar?
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- David Johns
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