>>>Think about the names - Norman, Herman... now for the latter we have a feminine version Hermina.
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>>>So: postmina, firemina, congressmina... unless we want to rewrite history about Ottoperson Empire.
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>>I was always wondering, why women are still allowed to use the exclamations like "Man, oh man!" (even if there is no man involved :). The PC way to say it... you guessed it :) Otherwise, it is not only politically incorrect, bit may be also considered as sexist. Someone may think that men are always to blame, isn't it? :)
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>And when a child is born, what will the first question be?
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>"Is it a childperson or a childperson?"
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>I'd rather stick to our proverb "call me pot if you like, just don't break me".

The Russian version is:

"call me pot if you like, just don't put me into the oven"
:)