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Re: Newspeak in communications



Amen, Leigh!
A recent example of the idiocies perpetrated in the name of inclusive
language was a textbook proposed for adoption in a nearby school district
which had been revised (one hopes!) by a Global Pattern Replace operation
-- a salient passage contained the phrase, "... a person's penis ..."

'Nuff said!

Peter Vajk vajk@netcom.com
St. Joseph Notre Dame High School
1011 Chestnut Street
Alameda, CA 94501