[Lexicog] Derogatory (?) endings

[Nick Miller]

Here's what European Commission's English Style Guide states on gender forms
(§6.15) - personally I love the concept of a word like "dustwoman" or even
"fisherwoman" :-):

"Noun forms. Use your judgment in choosing noun forms to emphasise or
de-emphasise gender. The policewoman has arrived, the dustwoman has not, and
we will no doubt go on using fisherman until the culture of fishing
communities changes. Pilot and the like no longer have variants with woman
tacked on the front. In some cases a substitute is available, e.g.
firefighters instead of firemen. For Chairman, Chairwoman and Chair use your
discretion, but note that Parliament now uses Chair for its own committees."

Nick Miller



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