| From: | Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation |
| Date: | 2015-09-22 19:36:11 |
| Message-ID: | 89f7898f7aa25b5137dbb004b704e6cc@xs4all.nl |
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On 2015-09-22 20:33, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> now some reactionaries and misogynists are fighting to maintain
> that somewhat latter day rule.
>
That's almost as offensive a qualification as 'feminazi', don't you
agree?
And it rather makes the gender-avoidance sound as a
political-correctness undertaking which, by the way, was not the reason
I objected to it. (It just sounded strange to me (and apparently a few
others too))
Most likely the original author never thought about giving offence. And
most likely he never did give offence.
And as I said earlier: to me it's enough that a few native speakers have
said this is the way it should be.
Erik Rijkers
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