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There are three schools in modern PC English:
a) to write s/he (as an abbreviation of she or he),
b) to use only feminine pronouns
c) to mix them randomly.
In my message I followed the third school.

Alex.

On Mon, 7 May 2012, Bill B wrote:

>
> Alex
>
> Had to laugh at your references to a female lifeboat passenger, and the
> possibility that the latest reference might suggest a male dressed as a
> female :-)
>
> On 5/7/2012 3:15 PM, Alexandre E Eremenko wrote:
>> You cannot count on an average lifeboat passenger checking
>> his wristwatch with time signals shortly before she boards
>> a lifeboat:-)
>
> Earlier, "It is highly probable that at least one
> person in a lifeboat will have her wristwatch:-)"
>
> This reminded me a message from a sailing friend regarding the Italian
> cruise liner grounding:
> =================================
> The current plight of the Costa Concordia and its crew reminds me of a
> Winston Churchill quote?..
>
> After his retirement he was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian
> cruise liner and some Italian journalists asked why an ex British Prime
> Minister should choose an Italian ship.
>
> "There are three things I like about being on an Italian cruise ship,"
> said Churchill.
>
> "First their cuisine is unsurpassed. Second their service is superb. And
> then, in time of emergency, there is none of this nonsense about women
> and children first."
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> : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=119456
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