[Ads-l] gender-neutral pronoun???

Barretts Mail mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Sat Apr 28 01:15:55 UTC 2018


It looks like a typo to me, though it is also possible that the patient is a female by sex and male by gender. BB

> On 27 Apr 2018, at 11:18, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Yes, a bit odd unless they really are specifically looking for a (male) nurse interested in hosting an adult female client.  Shouldn’t be hard to find, depending on the predilections and ethics of the individuals involved.  
> 
> LH
> 
>> On Apr 27, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Or just a too rigorous copy-and-paste...
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 1:54 PM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> from a job-opening email:
>>> 
>>> "We are looking for a LPN or RN interested in caring for an adult female
>>> client in in his home"
>>> 
>>> _____________________________________________________________
>>> Netscape.  Just the Net You Need.
>>> 
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>>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>>> 
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