Batsman. Gender neutral term. Cricket. Ubiquitous. Centuries of tradition. Gone, completely, overnight, since April 2021.
Because they didn’t want “batswoman”, despite literally a century of that word, in women’s cricket. Nup, not “good enough”. So they literally had the official rules of cricket changed, and now it is “batter”, which sounds utterly alien to the ears of any true adult cricket fan (the same word as baseball, I know, but they are not the same sport), and you get fined for using the original term!!
Batsman. Gender neutral term. Cricket. Ubiquitous. Centuries of tradition. Gone, completely, overnight, since April 2021.
Because they didn’t want “batswoman”, despite literally a century of that word, in women’s cricket. Nup, not “good enough”. So they literally had the official rules of cricket changed, and now it is “batter”, which sounds utterly alien to the ears of any true adult cricket fan (the same word as baseball, I know, but they are not the same sport), and you get fined for using the original term!!
Insanity…
Sheer insanity.
Start using Robin.
If you're fined for the original term, the real deal, then clearly, it's just the sidekick.