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1. Mackenzie

   experiment: if i go by "MsMaco" instead of just "maco" on IRC, do people stop calling me "sir" "fella" "man" and "he"?

   Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 02:40:30 UTC from Gwibber
   • Ron K. Jeffries

     @maco in a word, "Yes"

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 02:46:30 UTC
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     Brenda Wallace

     @maco I tend assume everyone on freenode is female until they say otherwise.

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 02:52:28 UTC
   • Efrain Valles

     @maco I wonder how many people will ask if you are a microsoft product :s

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 02:53:19 UTC
   • Kevin Flowers

     @maco I dunno man, it might work... dude ... /me hides

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 03:24:52 UTC
   • A. Walton

     @maco they could start thinking you work for Microsoft.

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 03:52:33 UTC
   • Lydia Pintscher

     @maco hehe let us know the results of your experiment

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 07:19:45 UTC
   • Myriam

     @maco leave them the doubt :) My name is in the /whois, and I am still called "man", "guy", and "bro" on IRC. still better than "sista" ;)

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 11:33:11 UTC
   • Clay Weber

     @maco maybe we need a new pronoun, or settle and agree on 1 gender as generic or non-specific in this scope?

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 13:18:39 UTC
   • Mackenzie Brenda Wallace

     @shiny: Yep, #linuxchix being my first IRC chanel still makes me assume everyone on internet = female

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 13:46:24 UTC
   • Mackenzie Clay Weber

     @claydoh: yeah most english speakers don't know about "ze"/"hir"

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 13:47:33 UTC
   • Deb Nicholson

     @maco I feel like I'd spend a lot of time explaining alternative pronouns, if I started using them regularly.

     Tuesday, 18-Aug-09 15:59:44 UTC