Much ado about nothing

Michael Miller assures us that

Political correctness is alive and well in the state of Washington. Governor Jay Inslee recently signed legislation requiring the state to rewrite it laws using gender-neutral vocabulary – replacing terms such as “fisherman” and “freshman” with “fisher” and “first-year student.”

The new gender-neutral references, for example, include “journey-level plumber” instead of “journeyman plumber,” “handwriting” in place of “penmanship,” and “signal operator” for “signalman.”

The residential real estate industry is even jumping on the PC bandwagon: the term “master bedroom” is being phased out, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.

In its place, builders are beginning to use the term “owner’s suite” or “owner’s bedroom” to describe the largest bedroom in a home. A survey found that six out of 10 major Washington, D.C.-area home builders are making the change on their floor plans.

Washington has hired 40 people to comb through all their laws to pick out words that might be offensive to someone.