From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: sexless words
Article-I.D.: floyd.353
Posted: Mon Jul 12 15:44:56 1982
Received: Tue Jul 13 05:38:30 1982
References: uwvax.469

As I vaguely recall:

	Our US Government tried to label fishermen as "fishers" in some
	of its regulations and the fishermen and their wives got really
	upset and Uncle Sam backed off.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491