atw: Re: Friday flame-bait

Great words, Laura! Definitely worth stickin' to your six-shooters.

Hope you have a great weekend ppls.
Nigel




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How to explain tactfully to a client that gender-inclusive language is not 
"politically correct", it is ACCURATE and COURTEOUS?  (One is tempted to 
quote Dumbledore -- "No, no, these are *manners*.") 

In my youth, I protested to a client about the gender-inclusive language he 
insisted on.  He asked why I was so vehement.  "Because language shapes 
reality," I told him, in a voice that hinted at deep and poignant meaning. 

"Ah, Laura," he replied.  "When I was young, I, too, fought battles I could 
not win." 

 -- Laura "not giving up yet" Goodin
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