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Article #99608Re: "he" in emacs manuals [sexist, tisk tisk]
From: Anthony H. Galway
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 19:36
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 1990 19:36
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danj1@ihlpa.att.com writes:
>These are just a sample of the old-fashioned "he only" style I found
>[in the info directory]:
>elisp-10:92: the user is asked if he *really* wants
>elisp-9:46: Ask user what to do when he wants to edit FILE but
>emacs-1:917: To give the customizer the information he needs, we
>There are also some "he or she"s, but how about a few "she or he"s?
GET A LIFE!
As far as I know, using the masculine was always the proper way to refer
to people when unsure which sex you will be dealing with. Only recently
(last 10 or so years) has this nonsence of (s)he and such been accepted,
and acceptance of a new way does not make use of the old way wrong or
sexist.
>Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708-979-6364
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Tony Galway
Department of Enginneering Memorial University of Newfoundland
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,b92ff62ef81973ca X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-07-26 01:55:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!stretch.cs.mun.ca!tony4 From: tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: "he" in emacs manuals [sexist, tisk tisk] Message-ID: <1990Jul25.193625.21301@stretch.cs.mun.ca> Date: 25 Jul 90 19:36:25 GMT References: <9007232123.AA08598@life.ai.mit.edu> Distribution: gnu Organization: CS Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland Lines: 27 Posted: Wed Jul 25 20:36:25 1990