Comment 3 for bug 272826

I tend to agree with Martin that a word coined in English doesn't have to follow the same grammatical rules as its original language. English words don't tend to change to match gender.

Having said that, if this annoys enough people, we could consider changing the word. But it's been in use for 4 years or so, and this is the first complaint I've seen.

It would be valuable to hear the thoughts of the ubuntu-women group, so I'm subscribing them.