Same here, which is part of the reason I don't make PAs anymore.
We aren't supposed to say, "ladies and gentlemen" or similar non-inclusive language, but we are encouraged to tell people to wear their stupid covid masks. FTR, I am not required to wear a covid mask in the cockpit. Oh, yeah, we can't say cockpit anymore. Now it is a flight deck.
Can you still call it a "joystick?"
Joy. Stick. Get it?
I understand they moved the "control sticks" to the sides of the flying personnel in the 320s. Was the "joy" "stick" connotation the reason?
Etta Mology, thou vicious bitch,
Bless the language thou so enrich.
Penis, penance, stick of joy,
All related to the parts of a boy.
But look at words related to quim,
The results you'll find are pretty slim.
Terry, 230RN