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Help wanted with gender neutral language

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"Homo" means 'same', philo.
Posted by Bugsy, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 10:32:15 AM
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depending on the context, homo as a prefix can mean man or same.

Using the Latin word for 'man', homo, we get Homo Sapiens (wise man), hominoid (man-like animal)and Homer Simpson (stupid man).

The Classical Greek word for 'same' is homos, giving homosexual, homogeneous and much more.

As English developed from Germanic and Latinised loan-words with add-ons from other languages, many similar examples of words with more than one meaning still exist.
Posted by Austin Powerless, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 10:51:46 AM
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Ladies and Gentlemen, is rather sexist.
Only the men are considered, and they are gentle and the boys are called Laddies. Rather demeaning of our young men I think.Please include the women in this term of address. "Men and Women" covers both sexes in a distinctice and Identifies them separately as part of the human race.
Posted by Philo, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 12:39:35 PM
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no im afraid this word wont do
people.. in anciant times was written pee pole

and we dont want that sort of suff cluttering up the wmca adgenda

come on peep-le
lets sort out this mess

lets go where no man has gone before
and no woe-man neither

its time man-kind
stopped being so kind about the hole thing

[kind as in child]
kinder surprize
from the ger-manic kind

holy heck bat-man
this looks like a job for the boys club

club em on the head till they get sober
stop looking so gay..neuterd lan-gauge...no way
Posted by one under god, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 3:06:37 PM
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One post came from the type of woman who wants us to fall in line in my view.
A reference to women not being just for men,true I would run away from some, not many.
Women are women men are men.
SM it? best you can do it will have to do,with both dislike PC and so we should.
Posted by Belly, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 3:19:03 PM
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What next, gender neutrality ? Like those asexual lefties ?
Posted by individual, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 8:07:37 PM
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