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Thread #25338   Message #298403
Posted By: Ebbie
15-Sep-00 - 10:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mangling the English Language, Vol. II
Subject: RE: BS: Mangling the English Language, Vol. II
Banjo Johnny- in a quick aside- in my opinion we should be saying 'womankind' and using its attendent pronouns. The reason is that 'woman' has 'man' in it so there is nothing exclusionary about it. Then when a newscaster said something like "Today was another great day in the annals of womankind," men need only remind themselves that they are included. Of course, you would be included- wouldn't the name itself be evidence enough? Here's to womankind!

Ebbie