ewp (05/11/83)
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Date:Wed, 11-May-83 10:42:31 EDT
Organization:BTL Naperville, Il.
A bunch of us were trying to decide where to go for lunch.
One guy said, "I've got a taste for pizza," but then one
woman said, "Anything but pizza. I hate pizza."
This is apparently non-sexist but sounds strange. "Woman" sounds much
more formal than "guy", and gives me the impression of a less personal
relationship. "Guy" seems to be an informal referent to a male peer with
different connotations than "man". If "woman" is the equivalent of "man",
then what is the equivalent of "guy"? Whenever I think of using the word
"gal", I feel like I'm in a '40s musical.
need to render a gender,
Ed Pawlak
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