![]() ![]() Nothing absurd in that and no loss in meaning.īut it will certainly require many revisions in the literature of the sea. A ship can be an it and its maiden voyage can be called its first voyage. ![]() I cannot see how women’s expectations can be limited by thinking of a ship as she and of her first voyage as a maiden voyage. I have frequently noted the absurdity of such “inclusive” words as waitperson, chairperson and freshperson, and except for chairperson, which is now common, they seem to be losing out, though we did see waitperson on a menu on our recent trip. “Breaking away from sexist language and traditional patterns can refresh your style,” it says, in the hope, evidently, of seducing writers away from such sexist words as waitress, for which it recommends either waiter or waitperson, and sportsmanship, for which it recommends fair play. of American Colleges, has published the four-page guide of examples of sexist language and its recommended alternatives for writers. Areader points out that my column on the Titanic, in which I referred to her “maiden voyage,” “her top speed” and “her furnaces,” appeared in The Times on the same day as a story about a “Guide to Nonsexist Language” which deplores such feminine usages.Īccording to the story, the Project on the Status of Education of Women, which is run by the Assn. ![]()
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