@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?message-square46fedilinkarrow-up1116file-text
arrow-up1116message-squareWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Robertej92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish31•11 months 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@ethman42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months agoI go with mail carrier. Then again, the man in postman is supposedly from the old English “mann” which just meant person.
minus-square@Case@unilem.orglinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months 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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