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Thread #135889   Message #3100953
Posted By: GUEST, topsie
23-Feb-11 - 05:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: old words - new meanings
Subject: RE: BS: old words - new meanings
Oops - no, they are not all neuter.
'Man', 'woman', 'girl', 'boy', 'cow', 'hen', 'stallion', 'gander' etc. are all nouns. Though 'actor' is now used for those who would previously have been called actresses, and few people would talk about a 'poetess'.