To: FormerLib
You used Merriam Webster, but for some reason, you didn't include the entire entry. I also noticed that you cut out the first designation, which would have betrayed your distortion. The entire entry is:
Main Entry: 1gen·der
Pronunciation: 'jen-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gendre, from Middle French genre, gendre, from Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender -- more at KIN
Date: 14th century
1 a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms b : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclass c : an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass
2 a : SEX b : the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.
Gee, I wonder why you would resort to misrepresentations, distortions, and out-right lies?
77 posted on
12/13/2002 1:22:37 PM PST by
flyervet
To: flyervet
Because we know that it was been the misuse of the word that has lead to the insertion of the new definition for gender (I, for one, happen to reject it). You embrace much of the modern world, I see.
Cheerleader.
To: flyervet
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