A nicely argued post from Patrick Button on the outcry against male-only altar boys.
Enjoy!
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Thanks for the link!
Madame chairman! On a point of order! I had never heard that altar boys was a case of generic, or inclusive masculine : how should they be, is there some part of the anglosphere where they are , other than than male only servers, aka alarboys? I know a pp who called the girls serviettes...., and altar servers as a generic has caught on.
Boys has been misused enough without being generic.
Mike Cliffson - I stand corrected and apologise (stumbles humbly to the euthanasium).
I love 'serviettes'. Maybe 'altar-boyettes'?
God bless!
Patrick is a smart young man!
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