NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobertej92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down3·1 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-squareethman42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI go with mail carrier. Then again, the man in postman is supposedly from the old English “mann” which just meant person.
minus-squareCase@unilem.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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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