On Fri, 09 May 2008 17:58:18 -0600, Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Bob Ward <bobward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:39:45 -0700 (PDT), Veronique
>><veroniqueunique@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>On May 9, 3:32 pm, Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>wrote:
>>>> (Radloc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>>> > Call me pedantic, but it grates on my nerves to read certain
>>>> > grammatical errors, misspellings, misquotes, etc. When unca Cece
>>>> > violates one of my pet-peeve rules though,
>>>> > it's huge letdown because
>>>> > he/she/they usually pass the most exacting scrutiny in every
detail.
>>>>
>>>> > This week's Straight Dope Q&A concerns the Napolean complex and
Cece
>>>> > refers to "the guy that discovered fire. . . ." Ouch, Cece!
>>>>
>>>> What? He misspelled "Napolean"? You happen to know it was a woman who
>>>> discovered fire?
>>>>
>>
>>I'll bet she lived in a cave with a bunch of bears.
>
>Heh. Lion and horse. The bears were earlier. Even before her family
>moved into the bear cave.
>
>But I don't see the problem in the quote. Should it be "who"? Should
>it be less gender specific?
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Pauly
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