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> From: Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick)[SMTP:hhager -at- dc -dot- com]
> Reply To: Hager, Harry (US - East Brunswick)
> Subject: RE: Political Correctness (Was Master/Slave Dumb Arguement)
>
> Listers,
>
> While we're at it, I guess we need to find substitutes for these words
> that
> must offend somebody out there:
>
> * FAT, as in file allocation table
> * Short, as in short circuit
> * Thin, as in thin client
> * UNIX, spelling is okay but we have to change the pronunciation
> * SCSI, it just sounds dirty, right?
> * Heterogeneous systems
> * Homogeneous systems
>
> We've already started down this slippery slope of PC. The only real
> question
> left is how far will we go?
>
> Jim Hager
> Hhager -at- dc -dot- com
>
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>
Beats me... (whoops... there's another one)
Pete Margaritis
PMargaritis -at- alldata -dot- net
