Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s issues manager is mocking the CBC for using the word “womxn” in an effort to avoid gender confusion..On Twitter this week, Matt Wolf expressed puzzlement on how to even pronounce the word..“I see Canadian state broadcaster CBC is now using “womxn” (not a typo), at least in some instances Honesty Q: how am I to pronounce that?” Wolff tweeted..That drew a quick response from the CBC’s national correspondent based in Calgary, Carolyn Dunn..“Some transgender and non-binary womxn prefer that spelling (which isn’t new, btw). But, since we’re being picky with words, CBC is a PUBLIC broadcaster, not a “state” broadcaster,” Dunn tweeted back to Wolf..A search of CBC archives show they have been using the phrase “womxn” since 2018..“The term womxn is the most recent of several alternative political spellings of the English word woman. ‘Womxn’ is used, particularly by intersectional feminists, to avoid perceived sexism in the standard spelling and to explicitly include or foreground transgender women and nonbinary people,” states Wikipedia.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“Womxn was first used after 2010 and has since been adopted by various organizations, including university groups in the US and UK.”.Dunn’s tweet also drew the ire of some in the Twittersphere who said it was clear the CBC is a “state broadcaster” as it gets more than $1 billion a year to operate from the federal government..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
