|   Of course, as mentioned, what do we do with beaver dams & wasp (& any
other type of) nests, animal burrows & so on?

Would they be considered natural? a definition is "existing in or derived
from nature; not made or caused by humankind."
https://www.lexico.com/definition/natural

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 10:05, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
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> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 20:14, nathan case <nathanc...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Indeed, the Handbook of Nonsexist Writing suggests: "artificial,
>> handmade, hand-built, synthetic, manufactured, fabricated, machine-made,
>> and constructed" as options instead of man-made.
>
>
> Out of those options, I personally think either "MANufactured" :-), or
> "constructed" would be good choices.
>
> Of course, as mentioned, what do we do with beaver dams & wasp (& any
> other type of) nests, animal burrows & so on?
>
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 00:42, Robert Delmenico <rob...@rtbk.com.au> wrote:
>
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>> I don't think the use of 'man_made' offends women, but who am I to decide
>> that as I am a adult male.
>>
>
> But I note that, despite there being at least a few ladies who subscribe
> to this list (at least going by their user names!), none of them have yet
> weighed into the discussion?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
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