Illinois bans male pronoun

[Tom Zurinskas]

Banning indeed.  I see my comments in this forum but get no responses.  Am I
banned?  If I get no responses I assume I am.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
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>From: Dennis Baron <debaron at UIUC.EDU>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Illinois bans male pronoun
>Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:19:58 -0600
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>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Poster:       Dennis Baron <debaron at UIUC.EDU>
>Subject:      Illinois bans male pronoun
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>It's the season for banning.  And there's a new post about banning =20
>male pronouns on the Web of Language:
>
>"The University of Illinois has banned the male pronoun.  Starting =20
>Jan. 2, 2007, all print and web-based publications, whether for =20
>audiences inside or outside the university, must follow the rules =20
>laid out in the style guide published by the university=92s Office of =20=
>
>Public Affairs.  And in the section on nonsexist language, the style =20
>guide tells us:
>
>Avoid gender-specific language such as the use of a male pronoun.
>
>There it is in plain English: we may no longer refer to anyone=92s =20
>gender specifically. . . . "
>
>Read more about what's wrong with style guides at the Web of Language:
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>or paste this URL into your browser:
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>http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/weboflanguage
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>Happy (nonsectarian) holidays.
>
>DB
>
>
>Dennis Baron
>Professor of English and Linguistics
>Department of English
>University of Illinois
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>Urbana, IL 61801
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