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Subject:Re: "Man-months" offend some of your audience. From:"Nancy E. Kaminski" <nancykam -at- MEDIAONE -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:45:59 -0500
Arthur wrote:
>Nancy suggested using the term "chair" instead of "chairman" or otherwise.
>The problem I have with that is that, at work, I have a chair I sit on. It
>is an inanimate object, not a person I abuse by calling "chair" and sitting
>on all day.
Ah, but you don't know the chairs I do... <weg>
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