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Title: Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'
Post by: Natasha on December 15, 2008, 05:53:03 PM
Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/553695 (http://www.thestar.com/living/article/553695)
Trish Crawford
12/15/2008

Winsper Inc.'s Christmas card, at Winsper Wonderland, allows the sender to dress the snowperson as a male or female, depending on the sex of the recipient.

In a world of food servers, flight attendants, fire fighters, mail carriers and cow hands, is desexing a snow creature the last straw?
Title: Re: Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'
Post by: Alyssa M. on December 15, 2008, 06:23:14 PM
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Dammit, those started out as Calvin and Hobbes strips -- the one with Susie Derkins making a snow woman (and Calvin's mom forbidding the making of anatomicl snowmen); and the one with snowman prophets announcing the coming doom of spring, as they melt. Alas.
Title: Re: Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'
Post by: Vexing on December 15, 2008, 06:50:54 PM
Quote from: Alyssa M. on December 15, 2008, 06:23:14 PM
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Title: Re: Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'
Post by: tinkerbell on December 15, 2008, 08:15:47 PM
Quote from: ArticleOn the other hand, when it comes to Frosty, he is definitely a dude, says Chambers.

"He has a top hat."

::)  People need to get a life!

tink :icon_chick:

Title: Re: Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'
Post by: Buffy on December 15, 2008, 09:19:15 PM
What a load of snow balls.......

Buffy
Title: Re: Some prefer 'snowperson' to 'snowman'
Post by: lisagurl on December 16, 2008, 11:00:18 AM
Many languages have always put gender into words even when it is not needed. Perhaps for the future English will drop gender pronouns if for nothing else, for e-mail and text messages.