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
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