>Has anyone else noticed the exclusive nature of the opening credits >of Northern Exposure? The...underlined "o" in Northern is repeated >in the first "o" of every name in the credits. The problem is that >all five male characters...have an "o" in their names. None of the >four female characters listed in theopening credits do, however.... >Is this some kind of covert sexism based on vowels? You're onto something here...this kind of typographic chauvinism and orthographic insensitivity is a clumsy attempt to subvert all the Affirmative Action gains of the past quarter century. Remember, the producers' previous hit was "St. Elsewhere" -- when the correct form would have been "St./Ste. Elsewhere." Surely there's a law that can be used to correct this deviant behavior. All it would take is the tiniest of vowel movements. kjf-