Re: Language use and hypersensitivity

Subject: Re: Language use and hypersensitivity
From: "Haddock, Eric" <eric -dot- haddock -at- ATTWS -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:56:32 -0700

>All of those who advocate gutting the language to satisfy some fad

It's much more than a fad. I remember in the 80s "significant other"
was introduced on campus as the way to reference people.

Nothing that lasts 20 years is a fad.



Regards from beautiful Seattle!

-- Eric
mailto:eric -dot- haddock -at- attws -dot- com

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