Post originally by Fulsrush at 2003-12-30 04:06:21
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Okay, how about this for sexism integral to the language?

Picking a female name at random: Judy. Okay, it's not random, I've just never met a Judy before.

Judy has a book.

So, it's Judy's book.

Which, when you actually look at it, is sexist to the point that it's inaccurate.

The possessive apostrophe isn't actually doing a different job to what it does in "isn't" or "o'er". It's still representing missing letters, in this case, "hi".

Historically, "Judy's book" was "Judy his book".

Judy'r book?