Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Spelling and usage - (nf) Message-ID: <2249@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 22:59:59 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2249 Posted: Thu Jun 16 22:59:59 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jun-83 04:37:14 EDT Lines: 9 #R:sri-arpa:-210600:uicsl:7000017:000:345 uicsl!wombat Jun 16 18:53:00 1983 Also, some people prefer to use the non-sexist 'their' for the sexist 'his.' They/them/their is currently my favorite replacement set for sexist pronouns (an argument that has only recently died out in net.women). Another thing is that people who use 'usage' instead of 'use' are being pompous and contributing to bureaucrat-ese. Wombat