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GENDER,n.,is a grammatical term only. To talk of _persons_ or _creatures_
_of_the_measculine_ or _feminine g., meaning _of_the_male_ or _female_sex,
is either a jocularity (permissable or not according to context) or a
blunder.
Consider some possibilities:
"Dear, let's have gender tonight."
"Now there's a gendery outfit."
or
"Ships are usually referred to in the female."
&c.
Peter
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* Peter Montgomery Montgomery -at- camosun -dot- bc -dot- ca *
* Exitus effigium effigies exituum *
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