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Read this for research on an upcoming trip to Uzbekistan. Very enjoyable and easy to get into.
My one quibble was that the author consistently calls women girls. Putting feminist reasons for this quibble aside, can I appeal to the author in the name of clarity instead? For example, at one part, he says that there were girls in the street. Without context (what were they doing in the street? playing? going home with groceries), I was not sure whether he meant girls as in little kids or women. Up ...more
My one quibble was that the author consistently calls women girls. Putting feminist reasons for this quibble aside, can I appeal to the author in the name of clarity instead? For example, at one part, he says that there were girls in the street. Without context (what were they doing in the street? playing? going home with groceries), I was not sure whether he meant girls as in little kids or women. Up ...more
Aug 08, 2012
Joerg
marked it as to-read
Sep 17, 2016
Julie Griffin
marked it as to-read
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Sarita
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Oct 04, 2020
Nina ( picturetalk321 )
marked it as irgendwann-zu-lesen
