RE: Pet Peeves

Subject: RE: Pet Peeves
From: "Brierley, Sean" <Sean -dot- Brierley -at- ipc -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:11:42 -0400

Interesting that you remember male and female but not the substitutes,
eh?

Cheers.

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From: techwr-l-bounces+sean -dot- brierley=ipc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sean -dot- brierley=ipc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Amy Gale
<snip>

I find "male" and "female"...not offensive, I guess, but definitely kind
of tacky - industry standard or not. I don't think they color my
opinion of the product/documentation in question, but they do frequently
trigger an eyeroll at the horny geekboys [*] who thought it was good
terminology in the first place.

The Microsoft Manual of Style says not to use them and provides
substitutes, which I don't remember offhand. I suppose I'd use those
substitutes if I documented hardware, which I don't.


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References:
RE: Pet Peeves: From: Dori Green
Re: Pet Peeves: From: Avram Baskin
Re: Pet Peeves: From: Geoff Lane
Re: Pet Peeves: From: Amy Gale

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