Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge <i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk> > wrote: >> I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the bird" like >> that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post to the >> list. >> >> Oh dear, I just did... > > Well, I meant it in the nicest possible sense. > > Better than the "dumbest blonde in the world" or whatever the poor > lady (not the one who unsubscribed, as far as I know, but the mad Yank > I alluded to!!) was described elsewhere on the list today. > > Let's try to avoid getting too PC. "bird", "gal", "fella", "geezer", > "other 'alf", "trouble and strife" etc. are all colloqiualisms which > aren't really sexist or patronising at all, unless one decides to make > them so. >
'bird' and 'trouble & strife' are perjoratives, and certainly are sexist. There is no relation between gender and having difficulty with mailing lists. John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
