Re: FW: the old insure ensure assure

[Evelyn Lee Barney <evbarney -at- comcast -dot- net>]

Got one for you.  I know a woman who INSISTS on "personing" as opposed 
to "manning" something   "I don't man the booth at the county fair; I 
person the booth at the county fair." No use whatsoever telling this 
otherwise intelligent and reasonable woman that "to man" comes from the 
word "manos" (hands) and both men and women have 'em.  She just won't 
tolerate being asked to "man" anything.

Ev

Margaret Gerard wrote:
> Fighting the degradation of English is a lost cause  - remember the great "niggardly" debacle?  How can you prevail with a user community like that?
> Cheers,
> Margaret
>
>
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