[TheForge] PC-ness Grammatical Pet Peeve Rant - Way OT

[Bruce Freeman]

Purity is not the issue.
English's strengths lie in it impurity.
But, to paraphrase Mark Twain, use the word you mean, not it's second cousin.  If you mean "sex," say "sex," not "gender."  Surely, none of you have a problem saying "sex," do you?
Bruce
NJ

>>> jeff.polaski at rgs.uci.edu 5/29/2007 8:23 PM >>>
I'm not sure who wrote this, but it applies:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words;
on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways, beat
them
unconscious and rifled their pockets."