sexist language

Martin Hanley mph at praxis.co.uk
Tue Nov 22 20:00:22 AEST 1988


In article <4234 at encore.UUCP> bzs at encore.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>You folks have me convinced, I just did a:
>
>	mv /usr/ucb/man /usr/ucb/person
>
>	-Barry Shein, ||Encore||

Sorry, but perSON is not allowed either - it implies a male
descendant. (The word should, of course, be perkin  :-)

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