My thoughts on the Canadian Anthem

Sent the following letter into The Calgary Herald yesterday, in response to an excellent column by Naomi Lakritz.  We both agree it's just dumb to change the words.  Just really dumb.  Here is the letter:

Dear Editor,

 

Anyone who learned word-usage and ordinary English parlance knows that whenever “men” is used on its own, it automatically includes “women”.  Do we not have more to worry about than one word in our anthem which is actually used correctly?  It’s all a much-ado-about-nothing-tempest-in-a-teapot. 

Nancy Marley-Clarke