Re: Pub Quiz [2003/11/25]

 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> The same argument could be used for using "man" as a genderless term for
> human being, but plenty of people object to that!

No matter whether they object to it or not, the usage exists and is
common.

And the objection appears from my angle as fairly stupid. "Man" in that
meaning translates in Swedish to "människa" which grammatically is
female. And know what? I've heard anyone complain that that usage is
sexistic.
 

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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, [EMAIL PROTECTED]