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   Phil Carmody to Sam Plusnet   
   Re: OTRe: "The Third Man" wins the Grand   
   01 Oct 24 22:09:35   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.books.james-joyce   
   From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   Sam Plusnet  writes:   
   > On 18/09/2024 22:19, occam wrote:   
   >> On 18/09/2024 21:51, Sam Plusnet wrote:   
   >>> On 18/09/2024 16:20, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >>>> This is not an animated film. It is a live action production so   
   >>>> please remeve rec.arts.anime.misc from your future postings   
   >>>> about live action films not made in Japan.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Neither is it a James Joyce book.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> bliss   
   >>>   
   >>> Perhaps you could convince HenHanna to remove all Usenet groups from   
   >>> their postings.   
   >>> If so, you would receive the grateful thanks of many.   
   >>   
   >> Agree.   
   >>   
   >> Aside: Your use of the pronoun 'their' for the addle-brained Hen, is   
   >> that political correctness - or do you know something we don't? Just asking.   
   >   
   > Just avoiding a 'gendered pronoun because I don't know if 'they' are   
   > male, female or otherwise.   
      
   There's always s/h/it to cover all three bases.   
      
   Phil   
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