From: utzoo!laura Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: chairPERSON, postPESON Article-I.D.: utzoo.2259 Posted: Wed Jul 7 01:18:03 1982 Received: Wed Jul 7 01:18:03 1982 hmm. i dont have any strong feelings on the matter, but can bet that it would be easier to 'PERSON' existing words than to do the alternative: It is hereby decreed that the word 'man' is strictly neuter and equivalent to the word 'person'. Now what are you guys going to think up to call yourselves??? laura creighton decvax!utzoo!laura p.s. Personally, I find 'chairperson' a rather ugly word to have to listen to much like 'functionality' and 'burglerizing'but then language changes whether I like it or not.