> On 5/5/05 10:11 PM, "David Riddell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Gentlemen
> &c
On 5 May 2005 at 22:24, Alison Croggon wrote:
> I suddenly feel like I've been transported back to a temperance hall
> in the 19th century.
Do you know the tale, possibly apocryphal, of the professor who
opposed allowing women into institutions of higher learning who
invariably addressed his classes as "Gentlemen" until that day when
there was only one male in the class? He looked out over the class,
drew a deep breath, and began, "Sir ..."
Marcus
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