Ombud?
From: Ron Hardin (rhhardin_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 06/27/04
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:31:16 GMT
What, in Swedish, is an Ombud? The question comes up because some
people are using ``ombud'' where others use ``ombudsman,'' presumably
because of the dreaded -man suffix and various forms of trivial
feminism at large.
But, as far as I can tell, the -man part is your representative in
or against the ombud. Alas, my source is not clear on this.
In any case, there's an ombud and an ombudsman in Swedish. What is
their relation?
Is it like a congressman being your representative against congress?
In which case the substitution is not only annoying but positively
wrong.
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