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Subject:Re: Language use and hypersensitivity From:"Haddock, Eric" <eric -dot- haddock -at- ATTWS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:56:32 -0700
>All of those who advocate gutting the language to satisfy some fad
It's much more than a fad. I remember in the 80s "significant other"
was introduced on campus as the way to reference people.
Nothing that lasts 20 years is a fad.
Regards from beautiful Seattle!
-- Eric mailto:eric -dot- haddock -at- attws -dot- com
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