h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Blonde is spelt 'blonde' irrespective of gender. Only Americans drop the 'e'.

sloBlock! (anag) would have to be masculine wouldn't it. . . ?

Some interesting responses to this one, some of them right from the hip. My sense is that blonde is used when referring to women in British English, and blond for men and things not gender specific( like the colour of wood, etc.), but that Americans use both terms indiscriminately(i.e.without reference to gender). I also note that the use of 'e' to denote a reference to women offends some people, while the use of words like "chairperson" offend others less politically correct (now there's an offensive term if there ever was one!). A little harder to swallow is that reference to a woman as blond(with or without the additional letter)e, is thought to be sexist because it identifies her by physical appearance. Don't think too hard about that one.
Meanwhile, brunette is used in all cases, in British English, but the Americans use brunet sometimes (though not to indicate gender). There may be a trend here.

I enjoyed the article and was glad to have it posted, but what if we reserved the 'e'spelling for suicide blondes(those who dyed by their own hands); and what shall we do with redde-heads?
hmmm
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