Para Handy Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 BRUSSELS has banned the use of Miss and Mrs in a bid to enforce its dream of ‘gender-neutral’ Euro-speak. A storm of protest has blown up after politically-correct guidelines were sent to every MEP by the Secretary General of the European Parliament. A booklet warns them to avoid making reference to a woman’s marital status by using Miss or Mrs when addressing a female colleague. That also means a ban on Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein, Senora and Senorita. MEPs will have to address women members by their names. And the madness doesn’t stop there. There can be no mention of sportsmen or statesmen — they are athletes and political leaders. Is X or Y All that’s left ? A Fe person will now need a He person to pass on his seaperson to get pregnant then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Crazy crazy days !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeksy Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I don't see the big deal - a man isn't titled by his marital status, and surely that has no reflection on ability, so why not have a marital-neutral title for women as well? I already use one. Ms. I refuse to be defined by marital status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 ^^ You better change your username to tperson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 ^^ Is that like a dyslexsik Peterson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 .....and another old TV show goes PC! No hope of ever seeing "Mr & Mrs" again now. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. These Euro dudes certainly have too much time on their hands....The galling bit though is its us that's paying for their time thats spent dreaming up crap like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Can't they just stick to worrying about knife crime and the state of the bloody economy, namely all the genuine problems?! Damn them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insouciant Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 What's the source for this story.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soljey Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Now if they can just make all the nouns in French, Spanish etc gender-neutral..... Save heartbreak for generations of schoolkids. Is it le or la/el or la.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 ^^ You better change your username to tperson! lol .. the difference is,I'm being very sarcastic with my username. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 In fact from now on please call me Mrs tlady ... I do love the idea of annoying Brussels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soljey Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 ^^ You better change your username to tperson! Isn't the use of "son" in "person" gender specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Now if they can just make all the nouns in French, Spanish etc gender-neutral..... Save heartbreak for generations of schoolkids. Is it le or la/el or la....If only, if only. And don't forget that German has three genders to grapple with, but real gender is not always a clue to the language gender (girls are not feminine). BTW I am a bit confused. I was under the impression that soljey = muckleviking. If so, why the multiple identities for this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeksy Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Umm - I missing something? These are guildelines (not really a ban at all) purely in reference to the people that work there (according to the op) - so really, its not going to affect any of you - unless any of you work in Brussels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Also, where is the link to this? Any evidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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