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It's how they're used and by whom Cannoli Send a noteboard - 20/09/2012 12:01:35 PM
I'm not some literary analyst or good at picking out details, and this is one of the few definite things I can say bothers me about Sanderson's writing. It's got nothing to do with the word itself so much as how it's used and Sanderson uses it where the same character would say "man" or "woman".

WoT has a very strong sense of gender identity, and Sanderson has completely missed that, retaining the modern usage.
Cannoli
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