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> From: Pamela Jasper <JISCorp -at- AOL -dot- COM>
> Subject: Manmonth or Peoplemonth?
> ...things like man-hour, man-month, etc...
One company I work for used the non-PC expression "man-machine interface".
They changed it to "human-machine interface".
Also, some companies have change "man-hours/months" to "employee-hours/months".
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Nancy Kendall
Sr Documentation Analyst and Owner
Kendall Custom Documentation, Inc.
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