Man on!

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 04/20/2001 7:34:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ADS-L at HIGHLANDS.COM writes:

> I wonder if in chess the queen is counted as a man.

The rook is referred to as a man, and in most chess sets the rook is either a
tower of a castle or less commonly an elephant with a tower on its back.

Hence if "man" can include the inanimate, why should it not in this case
include the feminine?

          - Jim Landau

P.S. from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Princess Ida", Lady Blanche denouces a
chess set as "They're men with which you give each other mate."