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Story: Political correctness puts disk drives in a spin
Posted by: Anonymous (Sunday 30 November 2003, 5:23 AM)
We should offer alternative suggestions:
Master - Pupil
Master - Prodigy
Parent - Child
Lead - Understudy
Primary - Secondary
Major - Minor
.. of course using: Boss - Suboridnate would only confuse the users as the general understanding is that the suboridnate is the one that does all the work! :)
... Or maybe we could standardize on not standardizing??
Whatsit - Thingamajig
Whew! Once we get this little PC mess cleared up in the tech industry - we should then move on to the plumber's terms... and mechanics... and farmer's and....
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