>>>>When it comes to stuff like 'Chairman' or 'postman', as far as I'm concerned that's the name of the job, and it's a lot of yelling over nothing. But sometimes it might be nice to have a gender neutral word. For example:
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>>>>"When someone wants to cross the road, he should look both ways." We don't really mean 'he'. Of course, we don't really mean 'she' either. In that case, a gender neutral word might be nice so we didn't have to convolute it by saying 'he/she' or 'the person'. We have 'one', but that always sounds a little pompous somehow.
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>>>Some choice -- sound PC (i.e., idiotic) or pompous. Personally, I like "Youse guys" or "y'all"
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>>So, which is it? Are you from NJ, or from TX? <g>
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>Ah shore ain't from New Jersey. I's jest respectin' folks from both parts of de country.
Sorry Mark, but that should be 'bofe pots of de country.'
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