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		specific heat specific heat, ratio of the heat capacity of a substance to the heat capacity of a reference substance, usually water.
		pronoun pronoun, in English, the part of speech used as a substitute for an antecedent noun that is clearly understood, and with which it agrees in person, number, and gender.
		specific gravity specific gravity, ratio of the weight of a given volume of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of some reference substance, or, equivalently, the ratio of the masses of equal volumes of the two substances.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Gender-specific+pronoun (581 words)

	Gender-specific pronoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This meaning of gender to mean gender role or sex should not be confused with the grammatical gender of other languages such as French and Spanish, which assign gender to nouns such as la maison or le crayon.
		Gender-specific pronouns are also sometimes used when most members of some group are the same gender, with a small number of members of the opposite gender.
		As a courtesy, drag performers, when in costume, are usually referred to with the gender pronoun for the gender they are presenting (for example, drag queens are usually called "she" when in drag.)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gender-specific_pronoun (810 words)

	Gender-neutral pronoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gender-neutral or epicene pronouns are pronouns that neither reveal nor imply the gender or the sex of a person or thing being referred to.
		All pronouns (except interrogative) can be declined into one of 4 cases, showing their state as subject, possesion, direct or indirect object in the sentence.
		The pronoun "athu", generally used for objects and animals (similar to "that" in English) and considered derogatory when used for a person, is sometimes used in slang and informal conversations in a humorous way.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epicene%2Bpronoun (914 words)

	Gender-specific pronoun -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The gender-specific pronouns of a language distinguish between male and female people (and often of animals as well).
		Other languages have genders that are not analogous to sex, such as "animate" and "inanimate" in (Click link for more info and facts about Ojibwe) Ojibwe.
		As a courtesy, (The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid) drag performers, when in costume, are usually referred to with the gender pronoun for the gender they are presenting (for example, (Click link for more info and facts about drag queen) drag queens are usually called "she" when in drag.)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/gender-specific_pronoun.htm (1074 words)

	Gender-specific job title - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		A gender-specific job title is a the name of a job that also specifies or implies the gender of the person performing that job, such as fireman or stewardess.
		Since a gendered individual doesn't currently hold the position, its title reverts to a neuter form.
		If gender is relevant, they believe that the words woman or female should be used instead of "lady" ("my grandmother was the first woman doctor in the province"), except if the masculine is "lord" (as in "landlady").
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gender-specific_job_title (802 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gender-neutral pronoun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(See pronoun game and [1].) Singular they, sometimes called epicene they, is the use in English of the gender-neutral third-person plural pronouns they, their, them, and so on, to refer to a single person, usually but not always of indeterminate gender.
		The pronoun game is the phrase used to describe the attempts used by someone not to use a pronoun in describing or identifying their partner or lover to a third person, specifically the sex or gender of that person.
		Singular they, sometimes called epicene they, is the use in English of the gender-neutral third-person plural pronouns they, their, them, and so on, to refer to a single person, usually but not always of indeterminate gender.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gender_neutral-pronoun (1792 words)

	Gender-neutral pronoun -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The third-person plural pronouns they, them, themselves, their, and theirs work equally well for either sex, as do the others, such as I, (The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100) thou, we, you, and so on.
		Standard Esperanto has the third person pronouns ŝi, li, and ĝi for she, he, and it, respectively; however, some speakers use the (A newly invented word or phrase) neologism ri as a gender-neutral third person pronoun.
		Japanese underwent a transition similar to Chinese in which the gender neutral third person referent "kare" (彼) became associated with he, while the word "kanojo" (彼女) was invented to represent she in translated Western novels.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/gender-neutral_pronoun.htm (677 words)

	pronoun
		In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word that usually takes the place of a noun previously mentioned, such as "I", "me", "she", "it", and so on.
		Pronouns are one of the basic parts of speech, along with nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
		The French possessive pronouns (mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses, notre, notre, nos, votre, votre, vos, leur, leur, leurs) are technically adjectives because they decline into masculine, feminine and plural forms and further agree with their heads (not their antecedents).
	www.fact-library.com /pronoun.html (875 words)

	Gender studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gender studies is a theoretical work in the social sciences or humanities that focuses on issues of sex and gender in language and society, and often addresses related issues including racial and ethnic oppression, postcolonial societies, and globalization.
		Work in gender studies is often associated with work in feminist theory, queer studies, and other theoretical aspects of cultural studies.
		While work in gender studies is principally found in humanities departments and publications (in areas such as English literature and other literary studies), it is also found in social-scientific areas such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/gender-studies-1.html (118 words)

	gender
		Gender as a linguistic term is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only, generally assigning them to the classes masculine, feminine or neuter.
		Gender is commonly used as a synonym for sex, referring to males and females classified according to genetic differences and distinct primary and secondary sex characteristics.
		Social scientists use gender to refer to a particular social identity, status, and cluster of roles, that are often (but not exclusively) determined on the basis of sex.
	www.fact-library.com /gender.html (222 words)

	Gender specific pronoun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This meaning of gender to mean gender role or sex should not be confused with the grammaticalgender of other languages such as French and Spanish, which assign gender to nouns such as la maison or lecrayon.
		Traditionally ships have been referred to using the feminine pronouns (even ships namedafter men, such as the USS Abraham Lincoln), as well ascountries and oceans.
		Gender-specific pronouns are also sometimes used when most members of some group are the same gender, with a small number ofmembers of the opposite gender.
	www.therfcc.org /gender-specific-pronoun-181509.html (667 words)

	Knowledge King - Gender-specific job title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gender-neutral job titles should be used, especially to refer to hypothetical persons; for example, firefighter instead of fireman; flight attendant instead of steward or stewardess; bartender instead of barman or barmaid.
		Terms such as "male nurse", "male model", or "female judge" are often (mis)used when the gender is irrelevant; this usage should be avoided as they sound nonsensical to many listeners.
		In the vexed case of waiter and waitress, the status quo seems to be to use those as gendered titles, with non-gendered terms like server (or sometimes waitron or waitstaff) rarely used in practice when dealing with an individual outside North America.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/g/ge/gender_specific_job_title.html (662 words)

	Gender-specific pronoun: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Gender-specific pronoun
		This meaning of gender to mean gender role or sex should not be confused with the grammatical gender of other languages such as French and Spanish, which assign gender to nouns such as la maison or le crayon (see grammatical gender).
		Traditionally ships have been referred to using the feminine pronouns, as well as countries and oceans.
		The origins of this practice are now unknown, and it is currently in decline.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ge/Gender-specific-pronoun.html (637 words)

	Gender specific job title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A gender-specific job title is a the name of a job that also specifies orimplies the gender of the person performing that job, such asfireman or stewardess.
		Terms such as "male nurse", "male model", or "female judge" are often (mis)used when the gender is irrelevant; this usageshould be avoided as they sound nonsensical to many listeners.
		In the vexed case of waiter and waitress, the status quo seems to be to use those as gendered titles, withnon-gendered terms such as server (or sometimes waitron or waitstaff) rarely used in practice whendealing with an individual outside North America.
	www.therfcc.org /gender-specific-job-title-22318.html (683 words)

	SoYouWanna avoid common writing errors?
		A pronoun is a word which refers to a subject or object which has already been identified.
		For example: "When you use an antecedent in the first clause of a sentence, you can refer to it with the pronoun ‘it' in the second clause of the sentence." Pronouns are great things, as speech would be unbelievably tedious without them.
		Pronouns must, however, agree with their antecedents in number and gender, and many people are not careful enough about this.
	www.soyouwanna.com /site/syws/wrerrors/wrerrors2.html (277 words)

	Re: gender-specific references to Holy Spirit??? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Greek, when a noun is used and a pronoun or adjective is also used to refer back or forward to that noun, then the pronoun or adjective must agree in "gender".
		As the questioner knows, the Greek word for "Spirit" is neuter and therefore, any pronoun or adjective that refers to that word must also be neuter.
		In John 16:13 and 14, a "masculine" demonstrative pronoun ("that one") is used to refer to the neuter "Spirit".
	www.ibiblio.org /bgreek/archives/greek-2/msg00300.html (245 words)

	math lessons - Spivak pronoun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These neologisms are used by some people who feel that there are problems with gender-specific pronouns because they imply sex and/or gender (see non-sexist language).
		This pronoun set was originated by Michael Spivak, a mathematician-educator who used them in a number of books.
		The Spivak pronouns derive from the use of the singular they; by simply dropping the "th", the singular form is formed.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Spivak_pronoun (300 words)

	BGG Thread: Gender Specific Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		My suggestion is that in general when using the pronoun in the abstract contributors to threads or drafters of documents who are male use 'he', and females use 'she'.
		Pronoun activists should be sent to Germany or some other country where the native language has all those confusing gender-associations for nouns.
		Pronouns by themselves may not be an issue, but the use of language to instill prejudice is a well-documented fact.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /article/501981 (2889 words)

	Non-Sexist Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The practice of assigning masculine gender to neutral terms comes from the fact that every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved, and English evolved through most of its history in a male-centered, patriarchal society.
		In the language used in acts of Parliament, the new law said, "words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females." Although similar language in contracts and other legal documents subsequently helped reinforce this grammatical edict in all English-speaking countries, it was often conveniently ignored.
		As a result of the fact that "he" is read by many as a masculine pronoun, many people, especially women, have come to feel that the generic pronouns excludes women.
	www.stetson.edu /artsci/history/nongenderlang.html (1819 words)

	Strunk & White's utility
		The most dated, and consequently least helpful part of S and W, concerns their advice about the use of the masculine pronoun he to denote both genders.
		As the women's movement evolved in the 60's and 70's, the masculine pronoun "he" to refer to males and females became a huge social issue.
		However awkward, words exist today which either sidestep the necessity of using a gender-specific pronoun, use one or the other, or use both pronouns.
	thesnowqueens.blogspot.com (679 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Marain
		The Culture believes (or perhaps has proved) the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis that language affects society, and Marain was designed by the Culture's hyperintelligent Minds to exploit this effect.
		A related comment is made by the narrator in The Player of Games regarding gender-specific pronouns in English.
		Marain is also regarded as an aesthetically pleasing language and functionally beautiful by all those who use it.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Marain (264 words)

	Gnome Documentation List - Re: Gender-specific language [was: Re: GNOME Documentation Style Guide]
		It covers most situations and we would not need to use "he" or "she" in a situation where the gender is not specified.
		While this has the singular/plural agreement problem, it seems to be the preferred way to avoid gendered language these days (aside from restructuring the sentence).
		Since these situations are rare, then, you can safely use "his or her," "her or his," "she or he," or "he or she." These compound pronouns will be rare and sparsely distributed in your writing, so they won't sound weird or redundant.
	www.mailarchives.org /list/gnome-doc-list/msg/2001/00539 (323 words)

	The Ultimate Pronoun game Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The pronoun game is the phrase used to describe the attempts used by someone not to use a gender specific pronoun in describing or identifying their partner or lover to a third person.
		It is especially prevalent in LGBT circles where the speaker does not know how the person hearing about their partner or lover might respond to this knowledge.
		As well as being a "game" not to tell someone else the gender of the person they are seeing, it can also be a game by those listening to the conversation in trying to make the person give the information away.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Pronoun_game (139 words)

	C o o l e s t . c o m
		One relatively unique aspect of Japanese is the diversity of its gender specific constructs and their usage.
		In the current state of Japanese and its many dialects, speaker gender plays an important role in word choice, sentence structure, tone of voice and more generally the ways in which a person can present him/herself with the language.
		Generally the written language is gender neutral unless transcribing spoken speech or using the characteristics of the spoken language for effect.
	www.coolest.com /jpfm.htm (7110 words)

	Hamilton College - Writing Center - Alternatives to Sexist Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There has been talk about creating a new, non-gender-specific pronoun such as "tey," "e" or "E", but, on the whole, writers and readers are uncomfortable with such a drastic change.
		The best way to tackle the problem is to examine specific problems and their best solutions.
		To fix the sentence, we must include both genders in the category of "student." There are several ways to approach this.
	www.hamilton.edu /academics/resource/wc/AlternToSexistLang.html (1274 words)

	GNP FAQ - References
		Many groups (especially alt.) may not have been available from the search site, and some pronouns* (em, sie, etc.) are difficult to search for because they are commonly used, or are words in another language.
		Gender Differences in Text-Based Virtual Reality, A study of gender differences in communications on MUDs.
		Gender, Pseudonyms, and CMC: Masking Identities and Baring Souls, a scholarly study of the use of pseudonyms in computer-mediated communication
	www.aetherlumina.com /gnp/references.html (3302 words)

	Re: Gender-specific language [was: Re: GNOME Documentation StyleGuide] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It covers most situations and we would > not need to use "he" or "she" in a situation where the gender is not > specified.
		Using a plural pronoun would be totally incorrect here.
		Grammatically it is correct, but I think using "you" would make all users feel welcome regardless of gender.
	lists.gnome.org /archives/gnome-doc-list/2001-July/msg00041.html (308 words)

	LEARA Bylaws - Jan 2001
		The members of the corporation at any time may include, and shall be limited to, radio amateurs who hold a valid amateur license issued by the Federal Communications Commission, and who live in or periodically visit the area served by the repeaters operated by the corporation.
		The President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and License Trustee or Trustees shall be selected by the Trustees from among their own membership, giving due consideration to any wishes of the active membership expressed at the annual meeting.
		Duties of the President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and License Trustee or Trustees shall be those customary to the office held, and as specifically prescribed by the Trustees.
	www.leara.org /learareg.html (2601 words)

	Is the TNIV faithful in its treatment of gender? Yes - Christianity Today Magazine
		Though this controversy has focused on gender, about 70 percent of the TNIV revisions are not related to gender but result from advances in biblical scholarship and the goal of greater clarity and precision.
		The NIV is imprecise because it uses a masculine pronoun instead of a true generic.
		The answer is certainly related to the heated debate over gender roles in the church—a debate that stirs strong emotions and divides evangelicals.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2002/011/38.37.html (2584 words)

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