Good, he took that all right then. For a moment I thought he might get
defensive.!!!
Smiling Alan Simpson
Brighton, UK
>From: "Peter French" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: VR, 'girls' and PC (not computers!)
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 03:56:33 +1000
>
>OK - my comments are below.... at ##
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alessandra Iantaffi <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:13 PM
>Subject: Re: VR, 'girls' and PC (not computers!)
>
>
> >
> > At the risk of sounding like a politically correct pain in the neck
>(which
>I am,
> > by the way :-), could you not write things like this:
> >
> > Peter French wrote:
> >
> > > I like the 7 pound/hour girls someone mentioned the other day - send
>them,
> > > to Australia when you are finished :-))
>
>## I asked about the transcribers the other day, and this is the response
>that I got. The price is what was quoted,aand as with ther maarket our
>teachers have in UK, there would be a market for your transcribers over
>here.
> > >
> > > Peter French
> > > Melbourne, Australia
> >
> > Sorry, Peter, but it really gets me to see things like that. A) they
>might
>be
> > 'boys' or even grown men and women
>
>## Your meaning of *girl* and ours is obviously very different - it is not
>necessarily diminutive
>
>(yes, some grown women do work rather than
> > staying at home)
>
>## Now you are really confusing things ... a *grown" woman??? the opposite
>to that is what exactly?
>
> B) I find it offensive, as a grown woman, to be referred to as
> > a 'girl'
>
>(and it does happen more often than I'd like, inspite of a very
> > respectable doctorate, a research fellowship and the appearance of some
>white
> > hair :)
>
>## - I was not referreng to someone obviously of your *age* but then i
>suppose that I am in trouble for drawing a conclusion now to *age* because
>does that mean chronologically challenged or what?
>
>I would not normally expect a potentially chronologically challenged non
>male who is not intelligently challenges to be punching keys for seven quid
>an hour, but on the other hand.......
>
>. I am sure others do too.
> > Again, please don't take it personally, but I just couldn't keep quiet.
>
>## Obviously we didn't get our Ozzie humour from the Poms, but the Irish
>maybe?
>
>Have a smile, and a good day
>
>Peter French
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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