[Klug-general] Gentoo ... hmmm more Cows

Sat Jan 29 11:05:02 UTC 2011

On 28/01/11 22:26, Mike Evans wrote:
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> On 28/01/11 21:22, Margot wrote:
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>> Not sure I'd trust any OS (or anything else) that refers to a cow as
>> 'he'!
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> That depends on whether you think Gender is a binary or free-from
> attribute, and whether you think it is mutable or immutable :)
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Speaking as a retired linguist, and (my wife says) a confirmed Victor 
Meldrew, can I (safely?) comment that the word gender is frequently 
misused these days - particularly by the politically correct.

The word you want is sex which differentiates betwixt male and female.

Gender is a grammatical term to differentiate betwixt masculine, 
feminine and neuter in linguistics.

Should I now duck?

MikeR