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Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus billboard
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:20:56 +0000
But how else might you describe the difference?

I have a similar problem with the word "gender" when people mean the  
sex of a person.

Chris

On 30 Dec 2007, at 08:43, Sandy Harris wrote:

> I once worked in a computer store and had an officious government
> purchasing officer object to my use of "male" and "female" for the
> types of SCSI connector on a cable she wanted. She berated me
> for sexist language.


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