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Re: Longitude by Sunset
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 7, 22:09 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 May 7, 22:09 -0400
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." > > > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=119456 > > >