ADS-L Digest - 2 Jan 2007 to 3 Jan 2007 (#2007-4)

[GLL]

: "There it is in plain English: we may no longer refer to anyone's
: gender specifically. . . . "
:
: DB

Fine - Since in English it's actually quite rare that one refer's to a
'gender' in the grammatical sense anyways (e.g. discussions of 'blond' and
'premier' vs. 'blonde' and 'premiere') we can still refer to persons by their
SEX, which shouldn't offend anyone, really.

- GLL

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