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  1. Xref: sparky soc.college:5868 alt.usage.english:9963
  2. Newsgroups: soc.college,alt.usage.english
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!gtoal
  4. From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
  5. Subject: Re: Sexist language
  6. Message-ID: <BzqtAF.62u@demon.co.uk>
  7. Sender: news@demon.co.uk
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: pizzabox.demon.co.uk
  9. Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
  10. References: <BzL3MK.JuF@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec21.154031.13712@cc.umontreal.ca> <1992Dec23.063815.433@news.eng.convex.com>
  11. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:51:50 GMT
  12. Lines: 14
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  14. In article <1992Dec23.063815.433@news.eng.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
  15. ::>>    "Ask your SO whether they're interested."
  16. ::       This sentence is improper,  when I ask a friend if their Significant
  17. ::       Other is comming,  I know what sex his girlfriend is! :-)
  18. :
  19. :Apparently you hang out with a rather conservative crowd.  Don't assume
  20. :you know the gender of someone's SO.
  21. :
  22. :The sentence is not improper -- you spelling of 'coming', however, is.
  23.  
  24. True.  Should've been spelt with a 'u'.
  25.  
  26. G
  27. (Hey, I'm back. Did ya miss me, guys?)
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