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Hi Duncan, thanks for expressing so much better that me what I was trying to put across, I am afraid that I was rather more 'emotional' than you and did not give Peter the benefit of the doubt. You are right, tone is difficult in e-mails. Hope no-one was offended, although I do stand by my point. Alessandra Duncan Branley wrote: > I'd like to support Alessandra here. > > I was going to write, but then took the path of least resistance for which > I now apologise. > > Peter's gendering of the "transcribers" struck me as problematic. Perhaps > he was satirising the stereotype of the unreconstructed Australian male - > in which case why didn't he go the whole hog and call 'em "Sheelaghs"? > > Humour can play a part in normalising - and tone is SO difficult in email. > I've fallen flat on my face in the past when attempting it much to my > shame. > > The current example doesn't sound well to a British audience - I make no > claims to have that much sensistivity as to how it might signify in other > English speaking arenas. > > Duncan > > =================================================== > Duncan Branley [log in to unmask] > Goldsmiths' College, University of London > New Cross, LONDON SE14 6NW > Tel: +44 (0)20 7919 7708 Fax: +44 (0)20 7919 7556 > ===================================================