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- Subject: Re: Sexist hypocrites
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- References: <BzMxsK.HnF@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <38052@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> <1992Dec27.174634.18263@u.washington.edu> <1992Dec29.164130.12995@waikato.ac.nz>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:37:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.164130.12995@waikato.ac.nz>
- maj@waikato.ac.nz writes:
-
- >
- >In article <1992Dec27.174634.18263@u.washington.edu>, lukoff@carson.u.washington.edu (Fred Lukoff) writes:
- >[much deleted]
- >> Or make up words than end in -person? I actually saw a Washington State
- >> government notice for 'fisherperson' licenses and nearly died. So does
- >> anyone have any suggestions as to how we can fix this situation, BESIDES
- >> -person words?
- >>
- >> Ben Lukoff
- >
- >In the case of this particular problem there is no need for
- >a -person word solution. The word 'fisher' has a nice biblical
- >ring to it and does the job perfectly.
- >
- >--
- >Murray A. Jorgensen [ maj@waikato.ac.nz ] University of Waikato
- >Department of Mathematics and Statistics Hamilton, New Zealand
- >__________________________________________________________________
- >'Tis the song of the Jubjub! the proof is complete,
- >if only I've stated it thrice.'
- I lived in Washington State for a while, and remember that the objects
- in question usually were called "fishing licenses", and don't believe
- I ever heard them called "fisherman licenses".
-