Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Let's move on ?
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 10:06:56 -0700

>Did you all hear the one about the Yuppie Blonde who use a Mont Blanc to
>write her E-mail?
>
>Marc


marc,

to keep this strictly pc, shouldn't we reprase this little anecdote in the
following fashion:

did you hear ['you all' could be seen as having a slightly pejorative
resonance in this context] the one about the non-economically-challenged
['yuppie' is too 'slangy' and may hide possible hostile overtones] a-brunet
[avoid 'blonde' - especially with the final e - it is too derogatory] who
used [note the past tense, implying that this simple blunder has been
remedied] a fountain pen [never mention brand names] to write e-mail [by
using the plural, we can dispense with the unfortunately gender-specific
possessive adjective]?

guy