Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!deimos!uxc!tank!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: sexist language Message-ID: <14800@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 88 02:46:49 GMT References: <17669@adm.BRL.MIL> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 12 In article <17669@adm.BRL.MIL> rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes: >In the meantime, decode the following: nite, tho, enuf, grafix, alfa. Curiously, I first read the last word as `alfalfa'. I should also point out that `Man hours', whether sexist or not, is `speciesist'. After all, half my hours are Elf-hours.... ( :-) ? ) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris