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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!baron.english.uiuc.edu!baron
  3. From: baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Baron)
  4. Subject: chaps
  5. Message-ID: <baron.92.724957187@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  6. Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
  7. Organization: University of Illinois
  8. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:59:47 GMT
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  11. Can anyone tell me whether the gender neutral use of chaps in the UK
  12. or elsewhere has met any resistance?  The analogous use of *guy* or
  13. *guys* in the US has had a split reception, some people arguing that
  14. it is perfectly neutral, others saying it is yet one more example of
  15. a masculine doubling as a generic.
  16.  
  17. Dennis
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  21. debaron@uiuc.edu               (\                   217-333-2392
  22.                                \'\             fax: 217-333-4321
  23. Dennis Baron                    \'\           __________
  24. Department of English           / '|         ()_________)
  25. Univ. of Illinois               \ '/          \ ~~~~~~~~ \
  26. 608 S. Wright St.                 \             \ ~~~~~~   \
  27. Urbana IL 61801                   ==).            \__________\
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