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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Journeyman" and gender #1480 04/19/00 11:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York It appears Jo/jmh is leading the way (re: "graduation" board). Congrats on being the first journeyman here, Jo. This term brings to mind the question of genderless titles, and the use of the masculine pronoun after an antecedent. As a copy editor, I try to use the plural when at all possible ("all students should turn in their homework"), and I'll gladly choose "chairwoman" over "chairperson" - but in this case I just cannot picture "journeywoman." The grammar of other languages I know usually takes the decision out of our hands perforce, but English -- ah, she is tricky. Any comments? Any style manuals anyone would recommend? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Journeyman" and gender AnnaStrophic 04/19/00 11:32 AM Re: "Journeyman" and gender tsuwm 04/19/00 01:00 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender jmh 04/19/00 02:46 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender Philip Davis 04/19/00 07:16 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender tsuwm 04/19/00 07:37 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender jmh 04/20/00 05:51 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender blue 04/20/00 09:53 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender Philip Davis 04/20/00 11:41 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender tsuwm 04/20/00 11:00 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender jmh 04/21/00 06:57 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender tsuwm 04/21/00 07:23 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender tsuwm 04/21/00 07:54 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender jmh 04/21/00 06:31 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender Philip Davis 04/22/00 02:34 AM Re: "Journeyman" and gender Jackie 04/22/00 10:13 PM Re: "Journeyman" and gender tututu 04/22/00 04:24 AM Re: "Journeyman" and gender arosebyanyname 06/08/02 02:57 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 354 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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