[Lexicog] Derogatory (?) endings

[Fritz Goerling]

I beg your pardon, Margaret,

" And I will make you fisherpersons of persons"

We don't have that problem in German, as you know.
Menschenfischer does it!

Would the Terminatrix then be the wife of the Terminator,
or a new  female movie character opposing the
Terminator?
And the "gubernatrix"? Would she be the gubernator's
(Ah-nold's) wife, or the next governess, I mean, governor
of California?

Fritz


  'And I will make you fishermen of men'?

  I intend to pepper my speech with terms like firewoman and terminatrix
from now on.

  I love the recommendations to use your judgment/discretion. This is OK if
you have some.

  Margaret Marks


  On 9/2/05, Nick Miller <nick.miller at czech-translation.com> wrote:
    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.



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