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Originally Posted by Supperman
Hi.
According to the movement of men-and-women-are-created-equally-theory, a "chairman" has now become to be called as a "chairperson."
I know about that. And I think it is the matter of course to call him/her as a "chairperson" instead of a "chairman" now.
Yet, I'm still uneasy to call a fisherman as a "fisherperson".
Is it a quite natural thing for a native-English speaking person to say "fisherperson" now?
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I've never heard of that term. I don't think it exists. Chairperson is a different story. Perhaps the term had to be changed because of what you said. And I also think it is a position of power, so it's also more "visible" in the corporate world and the need to change it is more obvious.