PC name for fishermen?

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What is ypu pc name for a fisherman

f**k pc they are still fishermen	36%	[ 5 ]
I don't care I'm vegan	7%	[ 1 ]
Fish catcher people	0%	[ 0 ]
Fish catchers	0%	[ 0 ]
Fisher person	7%	[ 1 ]
Fisher folk	21%	[ 3 ]
Fishers	29%	[ 4 ]

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30 Oct 2021, 2:31 am

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yes! this is not only not sexist, it's also not as speciesist as "fish-".
My personal suggestion would have been Seapeople.

I like Seapeople. It reminds me as if they actually live on the sea with all their family.

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30 Oct 2021, 2:34 am

Seafaring hunters

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30 Oct 2021, 2:37 am

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Seafaring hunters

I like that

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30 Oct 2021, 7:04 am

"Fishers" is problematic because there are fur bearing animals in the north woods (related to martens and weasels) that are called "fishers". And also it would sound like you're talking about "fissures" (cracks in the ground caused by earthquakes).

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30 Oct 2021, 8:09 am

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Don’t they call them fishers sometimes in the UK?

Not that I know of. It'll be interesting to see what a female fisher"man" would be called.

I think the term fisherman was only widely accepted because at the time men dominated fishing and pretty much still do. For a genuine shift in terms to be accepted I think the sexes working in the profession need to be equalised a bit more first.

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30 Oct 2021, 8:14 am

Yeah like bin men.

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30 Oct 2021, 8:52 am

babybird wrote:

Yeah like bin men.

Exactly. Even the most stubborn old fossil will put up little fight to a change of the term "binman" if a flood of women entered the profession.

Same goes with "fisherman" I would assume.

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30 Oct 2021, 10:21 am

I think the whole concept is stupid.

When we see men doing the job of collecting the bins they are binmen. When we see women doing the same thing they are binwomen. Simple. It is stupid to change things.

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30 Oct 2021, 10:26 am

Yeah I get that but when you're talking about them do you say binmen and women?

Or just bin people?

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30 Oct 2021, 10:55 am

"Bin man" was never even a term here in the States.

Trash collector, garbage man, or sanitation worker, are used.

No American would know WTF you were talking about if you said "bin man".

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30 Oct 2021, 10:57 am

I know I said it on purpose :lol:

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30 Oct 2021, 10:57 am

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"Bin man" was never even a term here in the States.

Trash collector, garbage man, or sanitation worker, are used.

No American would know WTF you were talking about if you said "bin man".

Would you know what a bin bag is?

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30 Oct 2021, 10:58 am

No.

Would that be a..."trash can liner"?

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30 Oct 2021, 11:00 am

Yes :lol:

Sounds a bit like an insult as well. I remember someone calling me a bin bag on the "rude" thread.

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30 Oct 2021, 11:03 am

babybird wrote:

Yes

Sounds a bit like an insult as well. I remember someone calling me a bin bag on the "rude" thread.

Yeah...that would make a great epithet, even here in the States (where we dont even know what it means).

Kinda like when Don Rickles says "you hockey puck!".

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30 Oct 2021, 5:20 pm

f**k PC but if using "Fisherman" is going to cost me dearly "Fish catcher" is pretty good because it is literal.

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