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Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 10:02:36 AST4ADT
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Well . . .

> Exactly - besides, just about every piece of support documentation
> for software I've seen in the last couple of years uses 'her'
> instead of 'him' when citing examples of how the program is used :)

Aren't there complaints about presuming that the poor clueless newby
is female?

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