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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Tom Mc Rae</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com">thomas.mcrae@bigpond.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Gender" 2009.10.27 (04) [EN]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div>On 28/10/2009, at 5:37 AM,  <font color="#790619">Ron </font><span>wrote:</span></div><div class="im"><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Subject:<span> </span>LL-L "Language varieties" 2009.10.27 (02) [EN]<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Ron writes:<span>Â </span></span><span>If gender<span>Â </span><i>is</i><span>Â </span>important
in a given context, it can be explained by other means. English
speakers can relate to this no doubt. Of course, gender marking of
words for human beings are still floating around but are on their way
out in English (e.g. "waitress" vs "waiter", "headmistress" vs
"headmaster"), though some of them will probably remain for some time
to come at least (e.g. "queen" vs "king").<br></span></p></span></blockquote></div>In Scotland in many business the lady who handled accounts correspondence and generally kept things</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
going
was seldom known by the well deserved title of Secretary. Instead she
was the Clerkess and this title even appeared in job adverts. On public
transport ladies dispensing tickets were conductresses. Pure Male
chavinism !</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Even worse a lady following Judaism was known as a Jewess yet we never heard of any Protestantesses</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
or Catholicesses.</div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div>Regards</div><div>Tom Mc Rae</div><div>Brisbane</div><div>AUSTRALIA</div><div>"Oh wad some power the Giftie gie us,</div><div>Tae see oorsels as ithers see us</div>
<div>Robert Burns</div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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