@NeoNachtwaechter to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?message-square46arrow-up1121arrow-down17file-text
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minus-square@Robertej92linkEnglish28•1 year agoUntil I saw the sub I thought this was going to be a question about what to call the postal officer now that we live in a modern society where women are trusted to stuff letterboxes as well as men. Postie is of course the answer to that.
minus-square@ethman42linkEnglish7•1 year agoI go with mail carrier. Then again, the man in postman is supposedly from the old English “mann” which just meant person.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI refer to mine with much ruder terms, but she often misses deliveries, so yeah.
Until I saw the sub I thought this was going to be a question about what to call the postal officer now that we live in a modern society where women are trusted to stuff letterboxes as well as men. Postie is of course the answer to that.
I go with mail carrier. Then again, the man in postman is supposedly from the old English “mann” which just meant person.
I refer to mine with much ruder terms, but she often misses deliveries, so yeah.
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