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- From: meachem@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Meach)
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- Subject: Re: chaps,lads
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 11:55:27 GMT
- References: <baron.92.724957187@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <20202.2b383d28@ul.ie>
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- In article <20202.2b383d28@ul.ie> mckeonj@ul.ie writes:
- >In article <baron.92.724957187@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Baron) writes:
- >> Can anyone tell me whether the gender neutral use of chaps in the UK
- >> or elsewhere has met any resistance? The analogous use of *guy* or
- >> *guys* in the US has had a split reception, some people arguing that
- >> it is perfectly neutral, others saying it is yet one more example of
- >> a masculine doubling as a generic.
- >I caan tell you that in Ireland, the term "lads" is gender-neutral,
- >and has been for about two decades now.
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- However, I have been accused of *ageism* when I employ this term. . .
-
- --jm
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