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Cap in hand, Kiwi apologised: Sorry, Anna - adverbess
Intriguing. Some time ago, she whose face launched a thousand ships expressed her intense dislike for words such as actreess, and aviatrix, words that differentiate between people performing the same task simply on the basis of their sex. The same Epic heroine, however, seems to prefer doing exactly that when it comes to hatmakers. She makes a distinction between milliners and hatters, based on the sex of the person who will wear the object made. How do ohers feel about this apparent ambivalence?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted big time NicholasW 01/03/01 11:09 AM Re: big time tsuwm 01/03/01 02:04 PM Re: big time Capital Kiwi 01/03/01 05:46 PM Re: big time belMarduk 01/03/01 10:23 PM Re: big time Bobyoungbalt 01/04/01 05:46 PM Re: big time AnnaStrophic 01/05/01 12:29 AM Re: big time Capital Kiwi 01/05/01 12:34 AM Re: big time nemo 01/05/01 12:44 AM Re: big time AnnaStrophic 01/05/01 12:47 AM Re: big time Capital Kiwi 01/05/01 04:27 AM
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