A Conversation for The Dark Roots of Blond(e) in The English Language

Other 'biased' words

Post 1

Pongo

I was about to corect you and say the other word that needs an [e] on the end according to gender in English is fiancé (male) or fiancée (female), however I then realised you said 'the only adjective' where as fiancé/e is a noun. Interestingly as with Blond/e, fiancé/e is also French. Are there any truly English words that are 'gender biased'?

smiley - cheers Pongo


Other 'biased' words

Post 2

Tashalls, Muse of Flights of Fancy (Losing Weight at A858170)

Also an interesting point is the recent tide of political correctness that is trying hard to do away with other gender biased nouns, such as:

actor/actress
comedian/comedienne
postman/postwoman

there are other examples, of course, but I think those three cover the main forms of gender biased nouns in the English language.


Other 'biased' words

Post 3

anhaga

"Being called a poetess really brings out the terroristress in me."

--Audre Lord


Other 'biased' words

Post 4

Uncle Heavy [sic]

whats a true english word? the latinate ones? the greek ones? the french ones? the germanic ones?


Other 'biased' words

Post 5

Pongo

The ones that are no longer used in other languages

smiley - cheers Pongo


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