Posted on 04/23/2013 9:48:21 PM PDT by chessplayer
The war on the English language from gender-neutrality advocates has reached new lows in Washington state, where the governor signed a new piece of legislation dictating that the terms “fisherman,” “freshman,” and “penmanship” all be replaced because of alleged sexism. “Fisherman” will now be “fisher”; “freshman” will now be “first-year student”; “penmanship” will now be “handwriting.”
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NUTS!
Oops, I guess I can’t say that word, either......
Can’t say the word bullsh-t because it is in reference to a male bull. It has to be gender neutral. Now it has to be cowsh-t.
What Washington State is doing is cowsh-t.
LOL, welcome to Free Republic, you may need a mentor, ...sorry, you may need a tor.
What I meant to say is bullsh-t is in reference to a male cow. Which tells me that this thing has got me all screwed up. I guess I will have hire a zillion more state employees just to get things right.
This thing has had to come from a woman with cowsh-t for brains. I hope she knows I just called her a cow.
They screw horses in Washington State, don’t they?
“They screw horses in Washington State, don’t they?”
Yes. But the infamous case you are probably thinking of where the guy died - wasn’t because he was screwing the horse.
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What killed him, a jealous pig?
The war on the English language from gender-neutrality advocates has reached new lows in Washington state, where the governor signed a new piece of legislation dictating that the terms “fisherman,” “freshman,” and “penmanship” all be replaced because of alleged sexism. “Fisherman” will now be “fisher”; “freshman” will now be “first-year student”; “penmanship” will now be “handwriting.”
Clearly, the new term for governor in Washington state will be “idiot.”
What a freakin’ waste of money. “Man” can mean either male or human depending on the context. That is how the English language is structured. A lot of languages are also structured that way, like French. Get used to it. This country is going politically correct insane.
Orwell’s “ newspeak”.... reduce the English language to a vocabulary that makes any politically incorrect speech impossible.
You would think English teachers would know the difference. Yeah, right.
Wait a minute - dismantling - that's also sexist, going to have to come up with a different word for that too so that the female species is finally emancipated.
...emancipated! There I go again! I apologize for offending the female race for using yet another offending word, I'm going to have to watch my manners.
Manipulate will now be personipulate. Mandarin will now be personarin. Mantle will now be persontle. Where does it end?
Thanks!
I like how Bill Cosby explains the origin of the word “woman”.
God saw the body he had created as a partner to man and he said, “WOOO-man”!
Good catch. Back to the drawing board. LOL!
At some point you will have to leave your juvenile silicon ways behind and realize the realities of carbon.....
LOL! Perhaps. The place where the guy died was a “sex farm” where various types of animals could be used.
And the guy wasn’t having sex with the horse. It was vice-versa. “Recked em? Hell - it killed him.”
The west side of Washington State is so far gone even the sex with animals is made weirder.
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