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Re: male p.o.v. songs

From: jeffy@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1991 21:17:53 -0700
Subject: Re: male p.o.v. songs
To: love-hounds@wiretap.spies.com
In-Reply-To: <1991Oct17.034037.2683@agate.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park
References: <9110161351.AA14144@lns598.TN.CORNELL.EDU> <9110161716.AA10143@lewhoosh.umd.edu>

Boris writes:

>>Well, you could look at the words "murderer" 

>You SEXIST! Murder is a male trait, eh? 

What's wrong, gotten sick of people calling you sexist?  I never said that 
murder was a *male* trait.

I quote myself:  _murderer_

As opposed to murderess, the *feminine* form of the noun.

Jeff
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