Re: Glorantha Digest V2 #389

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From: Erik Sieurin <BV9521_at_utb.hb.se>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 12:13:43 +0100

Nick Brooke:
>(NB: if you're *really* seriously curious, you could
> always email Paul Reilly and ask his opinion...).
You did it, Nick. Paul will hate you forever for this. :-)

David Cake:
>
> Erik said that the Lords of Terror write up refers to scorpion men as "she"
> >probably out of a sense of political correctness
AND because the race is led by females, so I wouldn't be surprised if the "general" pronoun in the scorpion people tongue is female.

NB, I didn't object to the use of the word because of any deep feelings about political correctness, but because a MASCULINE word was paired with a FEMININE pronoun consistently. Feels strange. Besides, it was mostly meant as a joke, but who cares.......

Erik Sieurin