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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Automatedly PC #82883 10/04/2002 4:30 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Well, in what I presume is the result of an automated system which substitutes PC terms in news article drafts, today's local paper reports on the Ray Bradbury classic, Fahrenheit 451. According to the article, the book is the story of "a firefighter" charged with burning books. Huh. Substituting "firefighter" for "fireman" takes the sense out of the term as used in the book. Shame. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Automatedly PC Sparteye 10/04/2002 4:30 PM Oh puh-leeze AnnaStrophic 10/04/2002 4:43 PM Re: Oh puh-leeze Sparteye 10/04/2002 11:31 PM Re: Automatedly PC Faldage 10/04/2002 5:10 PM Re: Automatedly PC TEd Remington 10/04/2002 5:55 PM Patê AnnaStrophic 10/04/2002 5:58 PM You're a cut above chopped liver , Faldage. TEd Remington 10/04/2002 6:12 PM Re: A cut above Faldage 10/04/2002 6:12 PM Re: A cut above AnnaStrophic 10/04/2002 6:57 PM Re: Automatedly PC WhitmanO'Neill 10/04/2002 8:10 PM Re: Automatedly PC milum 10/04/2002 8:31 PM Re: Automatedly PC nancyk 10/04/2002 8:56 PM Re: Automatedly PC milum 10/05/2002 1:16 AM Re: Automatedly PC Sparteye 10/05/2002 3:11 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,428 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,243 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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