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Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> 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:
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>> There should ALWAYS be a U! =P Even in words that don't require one.
>> Like.. foloffle.
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>> 2009/1/15 Lizzeh Rodriguez <lizzeh at gmail.com <mailto:lizzeh at gmail.com>>
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>>     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!
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>>     Yes...it's "humor" no u.
>>     :)
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>>     On 15 Jan 2009, at 20:27, John Levin wrote:
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>>     > Sean Miller wrote:
>>     >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge
>>     <ian at ianbetteridge.co.uk <mailto: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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