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  3. From: hayesstw@risc1.unisa.ac.za (Steve Hayes)
  4. Newsgroups: soc.college,alt.usage.english
  5. Subject: Re: Sexist language
  6. Message-ID: <hayesstw.151.725012031@risc1.unisa.ac.za>
  7. Date: 22 Dec 92 08:13:51 GMT
  8. References: <1992Dec14.002848.29714@Princeton.EDU> <1ggp8rINNivb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec14.044024.22225@Princeton.EDU> <1992Dec14.061313.5784@Princeton.EDU> <1992Dec16.103211.10829@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
  9. Sender: news@ford.ee.up.ac.za (NetNews Daemon)
  10. Organization: University of South Africa
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  13. In article <1992Dec16.103211.10829@vax.oxford.ac.uk> wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
  14.  
  15. >Why not use the non-sexist term which has been current in the UK for a while:
  16. >Freshers. It has that semi-derogatory connotation, it can easily be said with a
  17. >sneer and its compounds (Freshers' Fair, Freshers' Bop et al) roll easily off
  18. >the tongue.
  19.  
  20. When I was a first-year student, freshers were male. The females were called 
  21. freshettes.
  22. Steve Hayes, Department of Missiology & Editorial Department
  23. Univ. of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
  24. Internet: hayesstw@risc1.unisa.ac.za
  25.           steve.hayes@f20.n7101.z5.fidonet.org
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