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| Author: | Jackie [ Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What century is this? |
Good lord, I actually just saw "housewife" in a Hartford Courant story. |
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| Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What century is this? |
I had an argument with a local columnist two years ago when he insisted on referring to female college students as "co-eds." I suggested that if he really wanted to use such an ancient term, he should apply it to male students, since women are now the majority of undergraduates in the United States. |
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| Author: | Word Herder [ Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What century is this? |
Heh. I was cranking out obits at my first newspaper job when I spotted what I thought was my first big scoop. A large number of the forms from the local funeral homes had "Homemaker" listed for "Last job held." Ah-ha, I thought: a terrifying spate of senior-citizen deaths at the local chain of big-box furniture stores! Pulitzer Prize, here I come ...<p>SENIORS SUCCUMB TO FURNITURE FUMES Sofa Scandal Revealed By Ace Local Reporter<p>... I'm sure that editor still laughs when he thinks about the wet-behind-the-ears cub begging to do an investigative piece on the Homemaker Plague. |
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