[clug] What? There's women on this list! Since when?!

[Lana Brindley]

2009/7/12 Francis James Whittle <fudje at grapevine.net.au>

>
> On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 15:29 +1000, Neill Cox wrote:
>
>
> > I actually took the statement at face value.  If Lana doesn't want to
> > be called a guy that's fair enough.
> >
> > I don't see any problem in using inclusive language - it may take a
> > little more effort but given how badly skewed the FOSS gender balance
> > is the effort is well worth it.
>
> Interesting point of trivia: The word ‘guy’ used as an improper noun was
> first introduced to the English language to refer to an effigy of Guy
> Fawkes.  Not only women have a right to be offended by its application.
>

Neill and Francis - thank you :)

L


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Cheers! Lana

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be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time
to read reviews.
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