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Re: Pardon my French, I'm getting off this elevator, etc.
Subject:Re: Pardon my French, I'm getting off this elevator, etc. From:"Delalande, Isabelle" <toundra -at- M3ISYSTEMS -dot- QC -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 3 Aug 1995 12:48:40 -0400
>It has just been pointed out to me that equating "French" and "profanity" is
> insulting to those of French ancestry.
to those of French nationality?
Apalogies accepted, I don't feel insulted... as a matter of fact, I don't
feel insulted either when french people use "il" (he) or "ils" (they) as a
(non)neutral gender. (no thread here!)
