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Sure the origin is to do with Lords but landlord isn't male, anyone can be a landlord, pretending it's gendered is just lying to try and be offended. Presumably

Sure the origin is to do with Lords but landlord isn't male, anyone can be a landlord, pretending it's gendered is just lying to try and be offended. Presumably, such people think the word coward references bovines as it includes the word cow. I don't like that landlords exist, but that's an inordinately stupid reason to try and get rid of a word. Surely noone believes that by sensoring a word you get rid of that which the word describes.

randallsquared 5y ago
> pretending it's gendered is just lying to try and be offended. Please don't assume this. In the southern US in the late 80s and early 90s, "landlady" was a term that was very commonly used for female "landlords". I'm not sure if it's specifically regional, though.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  Canada, too.
- tick_tock_tick 5y ago
  "landlady" existing doesn't mean landlord is gendered. Actor and Actress.
  - oorza 5y ago
    Actor has only be degendered the past 10-20 years or so.
fortran77 5y ago
> word coward references bovines as it includes the word cow. I once was scolded by a United Airlines flight agent at Denver when I expressed disappointment that my full-fair buisness class ticket was downgraded to coach because of an operational change. I said, perhaps a bit flippantly, "I didn't pay for a J ticket (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fare_basis_code#Booking_class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fare_basis_code#Booking_class) to sit in steerage." She replied: "Sir! How dare you compare people flying coach to cattle!" (Of course, the word "steerage" has nothing to do with cattle. We sent a Fed-Ex to United corporate telling them we didn't like being scolded and got an apology and a full refund for that flight. This was in 1998 or so. I doubt that would happen today.)
seanmcdirmid 5y ago
I’ve heard the term “landlady” used before (east coast or Deep South?), so it’s gendered language to someone.

randallsquared 5y ago

> pretending it's gendered is just lying to try and be offended. Please don't assume this. In the southern US in the late 80s and early 90s, "landlady" was a term that was very commonly used for female "landlords". I'm not sure if it's specifically regional, though.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
Canada, too.
tick_tock_tick 5y ago
"landlady" existing doesn't mean landlord is gendered. Actor and Actress.
- oorza 5y ago
  Actor has only be degendered the past 10-20 years or so.

fortran77 5y ago

> word coward references bovines as it includes the word cow. I once was scolded by a United Airlines flight agent at Denver when I expressed disappointment that my full-fair buisness class ticket was downgraded to coach because of an operational change. I said, perhaps a bit flippantly, "I didn't pay for a J ticket (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fare_basis_code#Booking_class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fare_basis_code#Booking_class) to sit in steerage." She replied: "Sir! How dare you compare people flying coach to cattle!" (Of course, the word "steerage" has nothing to do with cattle. We sent a Fed-Ex to United corporate telling them we didn't like being scolded and got an apology and a full refund for that flight. This was in 1998 or so. I doubt that would happen today.)

seanmcdirmid 5y ago

I’ve heard the term “landlady” used before (east coast or Deep South?), so it’s gendered language to someone.