[ubuntu-uk] Unsuscrib

Sean Miller sean at seanmiller.net
Thu Jan 15 17:41:00 GMT 2009


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge <ian at ianbetteridge.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the bird" like
> that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post to the
> list.
>
> Oh dear, I just did...

Well, I meant it in the nicest possible sense.

Better than the "dumbest blonde in the world" or whatever the poor
lady (not the one who unsubscribed, as far as I know, but the mad Yank
I alluded to!!) was described elsewhere on the list today.

Let's try to avoid getting too PC.  "bird", "gal", "fella", "geezer",
"other 'alf", "trouble and strife" etc. are all colloqiualisms which
aren't really sexist or patronising at all, unless one decides to make
them so.

Best,

Sean



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