On 2014-02-23 14:35, Ted Lemon wrote: > On Feb 23, 2014, at 4:47 AM, Patrik Fältström <paf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I.e. "ombud" and "ombudsman" are two different words, and you can not >> > "just" remove the ending "man" that part from meaning "male" also means >> > "human". > Andrea proposed ombuddy, but it's probably a bit too irreverant. What about ombudsperson? Please do not go down that path at all. Once again, either "ombudsman" or a word not related to it. "ombudsman" has in Swedish nothing to do with gender of the person having that role, but if people do feel it has gender connotation, use a completely different word. Yes, we do have these discussions in Sweden as well... Patrik
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