From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!berry Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: posslq - (nf) Article-I.D.: zehntel.766 Posted: Thu Feb 17 13:21:17 1983 Received: Mon Feb 21 06:19:37 1983 #R:cires:-198600:zinfandel:9300008:000:363 zinfandel!berry Feb 17 10:06:00 1983 The trouble with 'chaquette' is that, being pseudo-french, it clearly implies that the person under discussion is female. (-ette is a feminine ending in French). 'Posslq' on the other hand can apply to persons of either sex. I mean, like, y'know, it takes two, like, right? Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900