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[Lizzeh Rodriguez]

To my credit, I'm starting to pronounce the "H" in herbs.   :|
I've betrayed my New Yawk roots!


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On 15 Jan 2009, at 21:28, Simon Wears wrote:

> There should ALWAYS be a U! =P Even in words that don't require one.  
> Like.. foloffle.
>
> 2009/1/15 Lizzeh Rodriguez <lizzeh at gmail.com>
> Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. However
> I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist in
> the context.  But just watch what ya say because it's a huge mailing
> list and not everyone responds (like myself). I guess I'm finally
> getting the British humor after living here over a year!
>
> Yes...it's "humor" no u.
> :)
>
>
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> On 15 Jan 2009, at 20:27, John Levin wrote:
>
> > Sean Miller wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>
> >
> > 'bird' and 'trouble & strife' are perjoratives, and certainly are
> > sexist. There is no relation between gender and having difficulty  
> with
> > mailing lists.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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