>>>>The County of Los Angeles thinks the terms "master/slave" should be avoided: they are socially unacceptable!
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>>>>http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp
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>>>Who knows a new name for male connectors and female connectors?! Please hurry, for their naming will be banned soon too.
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>>LOL!
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>>In electronics we use "Plug" for male and "Jack" for female.
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>>The United States version of the English language has many prudish customs and people who interpret each word. For example, using “Mailman can cause problems. Some people insist that words should be neutral such as “Mailperson”. Others think it should be “MailWoman”or "MailMan".
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>>Other countries and languages have gender endings but in this country that is considered “sexist” by some. Unfortunately people that think this way are heard and often get his/her way. For about the last 30 years it has been considered improper to use the word “their”. Until then “their” indicated ownership – and to be politically correct one must use the person’s sex to indicate ownership, thus his/her.
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>>Confusing?
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>>Next we will be using instead of “their”, his/her/homosexual/lesbian/transsexual/transgender/none of the above/unsure/don't care.
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>I almost died laughing, when my daughter (she worked at the coffee shop this summer) told me that one customer asked her for gingerperson instead of gingerman cookie.
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>Are we allowed to make snowman this holiday season?
>:)
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>Who said that "Political correctness is a good concept gone bad"?

That is funny!

you may have noticed, Nick, that the CBC stopped using the word "fishermen" some time ago and went to "fishers" instead.
They had a problem because no one was 'ready' when the lobstermen started acting up but they eventually 'solved' that one by using "lobster fishers". I don't know, but do lobsters bite on hooked bait or get caught in nets?

cheers