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