By Umberto Bacchi
MILAN, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Public figures from writers to lawmakers have launched a campaign ahead of International Women s Day to change a leading Italian dictionary s sexist definition of a woman, which currently includes 30 different words for a sex worker.
About 100 high-profile Italians signed a letter demanding changes to the Treccani online dictionary after a similar campaign forced the Oxford English dictionary to alter its definition last year.
They argue that terms with negative connotations like puttana (whore) and cagna (bitch) should be dropped from a list of synonyms - and point out that the synonyms listed under man are broadly positive.
Not your bitch: Campaign against sexist dictionaries moves to Italy
By Reuters
By Umberto Bacchi
Milan - Public figures from writers to lawmakers launched a campaign on Friday to change a leading Italian dictionary s sexist definition of a woman, which currently includes 30 different words for a sex worker.
About 100 high-profile Italians signed a letter demanding changes to the Treccani online dictionary after a similar campaign forced the Oxford English dictionary to alter its definition last year.
They argue that terms with negative connotations like puttana (whore) and cagna (bitch) should be dropped from a list of synonyms - and point out that the synonyms listed under man are broadly positive.
Bitcoin miners blamed for Abkhazia energy crisis
By Reuters
Tbilisi - As bitcoin surged to record highs last month, Inal s heart sank.
The unemployed 30-year-old had spent his savings setting up a system to generate the cryptocurrency last summer, but rolling blackouts and a police crackdown in his native Abkhazia forced him to pull the plug early, missing out on a potential fortune. I am looking at bitcoin prices now and I want to cry, said Inal, who asked not to use his real name to protect his identity, in a phone interview.
Inal is one of an estimated hundreds of Abkhaz who joined a cryptocurrency craze that swept the Black Sea territory last year, sparking an energy crisis that local authorities are struggling to grapple with.
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