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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166294012-02092005></SPAN><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005>I beg your pardon, Margaret,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166294012-02092005></SPAN>"<SPAN
class=166294012-02092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3> And I will
make you fisherpersons of persons" </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=166294012-02092005>We
don't have that problem in German, as you know.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005>Menschenfischer does it!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=166294012-02092005>Would
the Terminatrix then be the wife of the Terminator,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=166294012-02092005>or a
new female movie character opposing the</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005>Terminator?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=166294012-02092005>And the
"gubernatrix"? Would she be the gubernator's</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=166294012-02092005>(Ah-nold's) wife, or the next governess, I mean,
governor</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=166294012-02092005>of
California?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166294012-02092005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>
<DIV><SPAN class=166294012-02092005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>F<SPAN
class=166294012-02092005>ritz </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE>'And I will make you fishermen of men'?<BR><BR>I intend to pepper
my speech with terms like firewoman and terminatrix from now on.<BR><BR>I love
the recommendations to use your judgment/discretion. This is OK if you have
some.<BR><BR>Margaret Marks<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 9/2/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Nick
Miller</B> <<A
href="mailto:nick.miller@czech-translation.com">nick.miller@czech-translation.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Here's
what European Commission's English Style Guide states on gender
forms<BR>(§6.15) - personally I love the concept of a word like "dustwoman"
or even<BR>"fisherwoman" :-):<BR><BR>"Noun forms. Use your judgment in
choosing noun forms to emphasise or <BR>de-emphasise gender.
</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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