Purged

Washington state has drowned in the political correctness deep-end:

In Washington state, the word "freshman" is out. And "first-year student" is in. All total, 40,000 words have been changed as part of an effort to rid state statutes of gender-biased language. The bill, signed into law earlier in the year by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, went into effect this week.

And it was no small task. "This was a much larger effort than I had envisioned. Mankind means man and woman," Democratic state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle told Reuters.

"Fisherman" is now a "fisher." "Penmanship" is called "handwriting." And "manhole cover" is, well, still "manhole cover." Some words don’t have an easy replacement. Others do: "His" is now “his and hers.” "Clergyman" is now "clergy." "Journeyman plumber" is now “journey-level plumber”

They really made history, here... er, sorry: his/herstory.


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Hat-tip to Jeff W.