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RE: Time Tracking - feminist remark

Subject: RE: Time Tracking - feminist remark
From: Beth Friedman <bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 09:55:56 -0500


In our previous episode at 08:28 AM 5/8/02, Philip Boyer wrote:

Then, of course, you'll want your letters and packages delivered by a
personperson.

You mean a peroffspringperoffspring?

Beth

-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-22715 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-22715 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Jane
Carnall
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:38 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Time Tracking - feminist remark

>Count me in. But you forgot "personually," "personagement," and "persony."

Oh, come on. Next thing you'll want "Human Resources" instead of "Man
Resources", personnel instead of mannel, personality instead of manality,
personify instead of manify, Sheffield instead of Heffield, and staffing
instead of manning. That's the kind of PC thinking that leads to <shudder>
accurate and precise use of language, instead of customary sloppiness. Tut
tut.

--
Beth Friedman / bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good, ... by accident and happenstance."
--James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks


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