Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site uo-vax1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!uoregon!uo-vax1!janel From: janel@uo-vax1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she Message-ID: <28500001@uo-vax1.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 15:57:00 EST Article-I.D.: uo-vax1.28500001 Posted: Sun Feb 12 15:57:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 10:10:47 EST References: <367@rayssd.UUCP> Organization: Univ of Oregon - Eugene, OR Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:rayssd:-36700:uo-vax1:28500001:000:605 Nf-From: uo-vax1!janel Feb 8 12:57:00 1984 >I vote for using 'HE'!!! That is standard english usage an there is >no reason to change. One reason to change should be obvious! There are a number of 'she' people around who are NOT included in standard english usage. Perhaps you don't think that is a problem, and that women should be invisible in mixed-gender references in our language. If you feel the choice of gender pronoun is trivial, try changing all 'he' references to 'she' and see how reading it makes you feel. --Jane Laursen .../uoregon/janel