<argumentative> Nah, that's an old myth that (I think) sprang up only in my lifetime. "Man" has always applied, in English, to humans and also to adult males, depending on context. I'm still unembarrassed to use the term "man-hours".
At about the same time sprang up the myth that "my" indicates ownership, and as far as I can tell it was presented by the same people and for the same reason. "My wife" doesn't mean "I own" any more than does "my career", "my god" or "my favorite food".</argumentative> --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* God blesses or afflicts us with people according to our needs. -Bob Mumford */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 09:46 Just remarking that "man number" is conspicuously gender-specific. >> --- On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:56:55 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >>> When I worked at IBM Canada full time (1994-2002), our TSO Userids >>> were XXnnnnn, where nnnnn was a person's "man number" (aka employee number). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
