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Subject:Re: Killer Language From:"Scott A. McClare" <samcclar -at- CSCLUB -dot- UWATERLOO -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 15 Nov 1996 15:11:11 -0500
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Iain Harrison <iharrison -at- SCT -dot- CO -dot- UK> said:
>It is a simple fact that just about everyone on this planet is
>male or female. If they have a problem with this, I don't think
>there is much I can do about it from here.
>What are these valid and unambiguous alternatives to the terms
>male and female? You don't suggest any at all, let alone concise
>and universally understood ones.
How about "innies" and "outies"? You can't confuse the
two, and there's not much chance of offense . . .
(Shee, if there were ever a tempest in a teapot, it's this
particular non-issue.)
