From: Adam Flinton 

Alan Cairns wrote:
> On 24/06/2003 12:29 AM, in article
> kevffv8dhrnspdfp4kh8jovi40dvg86q5r{at}4ax.com, "Ellen K."
>  wrote:
>
>
>>ad feminam if against a female?
>
>
> Homo, hominis is "man" in the sense of person. It is gender
neutral. Vir is
> man in the sense of male person. It would only be necessary to say ad
> feminam if you wanted to be really specific.
>
> English lacks a few important words, thus leading to all the "neutral
> language" nonsense. We lack a word for man in the non-specific
sense. And we
> could do with a neutral 3rd person singular pronoun. S/he and they are ugly.
>
> Alan
>
>
s/h/it?

Adam

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