To: pubjohn47
The headline makes it sound like a) they were doing it in the air and b) she was being punished for all three of them.
Not to mention the phrase “Female airman” seems odd. Why not “airwoman” or “airperson”?
11 posted on
05/25/2007 3:35:24 PM PDT by
Tall_Texan
(NBC News - the preferred network of assassins and terrorists.)
To: Tall_Texan
“Airman” is a title, not a description. Just like “Lieutenant” or “Yeoman”.
15 posted on
05/25/2007 3:40:20 PM PDT by
Little Pig
(Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
To: Tall_Texan
Not to mention the phrase Female airman seems odd. Why not airwoman or airperson? The term "airman", like "seaman", derives from the Latin manus: "hand", ie someone doing the manual work.
37 posted on
05/25/2007 5:54:54 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
("Caesar - he is a barbarian and considers that the customs of his tribe are the laws of Nature")
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