civilian
Jim Parish
jparish at SIUE.EDU
Thu Feb 15 01:15:34 UTC 2007
Chris F Waigl referred to the use of "civilians" as:
> Well, better than calling those "pedestrians" or "the uninitiated" I
> imagine.
Then there's the (to me, unpleasant) usage by F/SF fans of the word "mundanes".
Jim Parish
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