we need to remain the city then. tucker: yeah. the big apple would be less offensive. i feel i m sitting in the big apple not manhattan. why should the post office deliver mail? homonyms county. it s not about spelling but being gender inclusive. and male is offensive. they are saying that society have changed and times are changing and we don t want to be offensive in our language. and they re trying to be nonsexist and nonbiassed and taking the word man out. instead of mailman, it would be mail carrier. mail carrier still has mail in it. a-i-l.