blogress

[Victor Steinbok]

Blogress to ogress is what bloggess to goddess. Depending on your
political proclivities, Althouse can be one or the other. As her former
(law) students, I will refrain from that choice.

     VS-)

On 3/10/2012 3:46 PM, Ann Burlingham wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Larry Sheldon<LarrySheldon at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> http://thebloggess.com/
> The Bloggess is a delightful blogger.
>
>
> "Blogress" strikes me as having a hint of being a portmanteau of
> "blogger" and "ogress", affecting my perception (negative) and
> pronunciation. I take any "feminine" form of "blogger" as jokey,
> overall.

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