[lit-ideas] Re: Tuesday Joke
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:52:12 EST
It takes a brave man to admit that.
Congratulations, John.
Now can I give you my husband's e-mail address?
Julie Krueger
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Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Tuesday Joke Date: 3/6/2007 10:28:51 P.M. Central
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Ah, intelligible discourse implies "her" (sounds about right to me).
John
On 3/7/07, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Makes her a loose proton....
> >
> > Why "her" by the way?
>
> PC-prounoun-speak.
>
> If something is engaged in intelligible discourse it belongs to one
> sex or the other (to put it way too simply). These atoms are engaged
> in intelligible discourse and so must be gendered accordingly.
>
> Robert Paul
>
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