Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)

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Subject: Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
From: grante@visi.com (Grant Edwards)
Date: 15 Jul 2002 15:17:35 -0000
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] ynGWt.A.-oF.3UiM9@murphy>
References: <[🔎] 1025926209.683.137.camel@hank.dangolman.com> <[🔎] p4LfK.A.D4G.eqhM9@murphy> <[🔎] 1026695673.22442.15.camel@rebel> <[🔎] ynGWt.A.-oF.3UiM9@murphy>

> [1] "Gender is a word to be applied to grammar, not people. If someone 
> is female, that is her sex, not her gender. (The gender of Mädchen, the 
> German word for girl, is neuter.)" 

I'm glad somebody else is annoyed by the misuse use of the the
world "gender" when "sex" is the word the author really meant.

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- At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Glen Snyder <snyderg@frontiernet.net>
- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
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- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
- Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
  - From: Derek Gladding <derek_gladding@altavista.net>

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