Warp wrote:
> Mueen Nawaz <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
>> (has the
>> shift from using "humanity" instead of "mankind", or "businessperson"
>> instead of "businessman" damaged anything?)
> 
>   The latter sounds to me like ridiculously PC hypercorrection. A totally
> abstract construct, not a natural developement of the language.

	It may not yet have overtaken businessman, but it's quite common here.
I doubt it raises any eyebrows.

	Same goes for layperson.

	Sure, no doubt it did seem that way when people started using it. A
generation or two later, it will be the norm. I can't seem to find any
argument against it other than "sounds weird".

	For the record (Merriam Webster):

businessman: a man who transacts business; especially : a business executive




-- 
Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?


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