Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. However I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist in the context. But just watch what ya say because it's a huge mailing list and not everyone responds (like myself). I guess I'm finally getting the British humor after living here over a year!
Yes...it's "humor" no u. :) Lizzeh.com Support Open Source! On 15 Jan 2009, at 20:27, John Levin wrote: > 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/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
