Difference between revisions of "Talk:Gender-neutral"
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:LOL - I also like it when a chairperson becomes simply a chair, though I've never heard of a spokesperson becoming a spoke... [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 09:31, 20 September 2008 (EDT) | :LOL - I also like it when a chairperson becomes simply a chair, though I've never heard of a spokesperson becoming a spoke... [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 09:31, 20 September 2008 (EDT) | ||
::I've heard people say "chairperson", though I can't say I've seen policeperson, fireperson, postperson actperson or waitperson. I have seen "waitstaff" to refer to the whole group of waiters, waitresses, and the rest (busboys, etc). [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 17:22, 30 September 2008 (EDT) | ::I've heard people say "chairperson", though I can't say I've seen policeperson, fireperson, postperson actperson or waitperson. I have seen "waitstaff" to refer to the whole group of waiters, waitresses, and the rest (busboys, etc). [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 17:22, 30 September 2008 (EDT) | ||
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One thing that always make me laugh with this is that you will have "chairperson" or "spokesperson," but anything negative is still male - hitman, conman. --KotomiTHajimemashite! 09:28, 20 September 2008 (EDT)
- LOL - I also like it when a chairperson becomes simply a chair, though I've never heard of a spokesperson becoming a spoke... Bugler 09:31, 20 September 2008 (EDT)
Before there is another edit-war over the capitalisation of "liberal" - in the context of this article it should be lower case as it refers to a generic political philosophy rather than the member of a Liberal political party. Let us have no more petty silliness bout this.