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Thread #125221   Message #2771357
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
22-Nov-09 - 05:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
Subject: RE: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
"Prince Diana" just wouldn't have sounded right somehow.
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Why do these things never go the other way? If there's to be one word for both sexes on the stage, why couldn't it have been"actress"?