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From: Lætitia Avrot <[email protected]>
To: Boriss Mejias <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pgday italy
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:36:12 +0200
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Hi Boriss,


> Yesterday back from holidays and still catching up with emails, so,
> probably
> this feedback is too late, but anyway... |Great proposal Lætitia. I have
> only
> one small change that can make a difference in the appreciation:
>
>
> Lætitia Avrot wrote on 07.04.19 12:23:
> [...]
> >>     /Man: As a synonym for work — as in “man hours,” “man the inbox,”
> “man the
> >>     conference booth,” — this is unnecessarily gendered language. Try
> using
> >>     work instead. More inclusive: Folks, people, you all, y’all,
> teammates
>
> Is the world "Man" the one who needs to be avoided? or do we need to avoid
> "Man
> as a synonym for work"?
>
> I believe is the second case, so, to prevent confusion, move the ':'
>
> "Man" as a synonym for work: as in "man hours,"...  etc....
>
> Also, I would keep the explanation up to "Try using work instead", as the
> more
> inclusive alternatives don't really work: "people hours", "folk the
> inbox"...
>
> By the way, never heard about "man the inbox" or "man the conference
> booth"...
> is that really referring to men, or to management?
>
>
Unfortunately too late, but I'll change the source file, so next time we'll
have it.

Have a nice day,

Lætitia


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