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gensym on Oct 28, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Tell If Your CEO Is Clueless

The real question is, why don't people understand English? "He" is not always gender-specific, depending on the context. Don't like it? Well, I don't like the word "moist", but I put up with it since it's part of the damned language.

MaysonL on Oct 29, 2008 [–]

If you haven't already done so, check out http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=540

"Moist aversion: the cartoon version"

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