Gender [was: Re: Cancel a repeat with a button]

[Devin Asay]

On May 14, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote:
>
> So sometimes you need to just make up a word. Although I do not  
> believe I
> made this word up, but it was just a carryover from some other  
> language,
> because I honestly don't remember when I first starting using the  
> word. I
> just knew that at some point command/function was too long and silly  
> to
> type. Similar to the use of "s/he" today.

I once had a colleague with the same complaint about "s/he". He joked  
that it excluded inanimate objects and suggested "s/h/*t". I declined  
to follow his suggestion.

:-)

Devin


Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University