A Conversation for The Dark Roots of Blond(e) in The English Language
Other 'biased' words
Pongo Started conversation Jul 30, 2003
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'?
Pongo
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Tashalls, Muse of Flights of Fancy (Losing Weight at A858170) Posted Jul 30, 2003
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.
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anhaga Posted Jul 31, 2003
"Being called a poetess really brings out the terroristress in me."
--Audre Lord
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Uncle Heavy [sic] Posted Jul 31, 2003
whats a true english word? the latinate ones? the greek ones? the french ones? the germanic ones?
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Pongo Posted Aug 1, 2003
The ones that are no longer used in other languages
Pongo
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