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Subject: Biased language
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:04:21 EDT

In a message dated 8/28/2002 9:56:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:

I understand that "and/or" is now allowed in legal documents here in the
States. A groupe of lawyers on the east coast wanted it to be "andor", but
that didn't sell.
(This was at a convention of bar members last fall).

Fred
In warm Las Vegas.
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>
> As for gender-biased language, I myself am particularly offended by the
> use of that awful contraption "s/he", when a simple "he or she" ("she
> or he"? now I'm getting confused :/ ) would have sufficed. Besides, in
> such cases, isn't it even more elegant to use the gender-neutral "they"
> instead?

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• Re: re-sent vs resent by (cristobal)
  • Re: re-sent vs resent by hens <>
  • Re: re-sent vs resent by cristobal <>
    • Biased language by hens <>

      • Biased language by

    • My Being by hens <>
      • RE: My Being by "Dishong,Jane" <>
    • Re: Biased language by cristobal <>
    • Re: My Being by cristobal <>
    • Re: re-sent vs resent by "Bruce Todd" <>
      • Re: re-sent vs resent by "Mark Hodson" <>
  • re-sent vs resent by Lee Quinn <>
    • Re: re-sent vs resent by "robert taxin" <>
      • Re: re-sent vs resent by "Mark Hodson" <>
  • re-sent vs resent by
    • Re: re-sent vs resent by Lee Quinn <>
  • Re: re-sent vs resent by cristobal <>