RE: Pet Peeves

[Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

Gene Kim-Eng responded to Amy Gale:
> I do document hardware.  "Male/female" is still SOP.
> Microsoft doesn't rule the world yet.

I'm surprised that we haven't heard from people in 
the world of hydraulics and the movement/control of 
liquids and steam and pressurized gases.

Not only would they toss around terms like "male" 
and "female", they'd talk about [gasp!] "coupling".

Worse, they'd [double-gasp!] _write_ such terms in 
their manuals and catalogs, not even caring that 
those documents might be seen by children and 
impressionable/PC "adults".

Whoo! Imagine the stir. <fanning self briskly>

The howwah. The howwah.

Kevin

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