@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?message-square15fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat alternative to 'postman' are you using?@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Robertej92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years 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.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI go with mail carrier. Then again, the man in postman is supposedly from the old English “mann” which just meant person.
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.