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Thread #125221   Message #2771450
Posted By: Ebbie
22-Nov-09 - 08:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
Subject: RE: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
Sheesh Well, here I go again, making statements that*some* don't understand.

When anyone wonders why the diminutive, cutesy, dismissive terms were coined, stop and think about who coined them. Trust me- 'twarn't the wimmen folks.

One attitude that one encounters less these days but is still around just grinds my soul. That is the attitude that says, NOT in so many words: All Americans like thus-and-so and so do their wives.