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Thread #135889   Message #3101121
Posted By: GUEST, topsie
23-Feb-11 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: old words - new meanings
Subject: RE: BS: old words - new meanings
Spanish words ending -ista can be masculine.

I didn't say: "'actor' is now used exclusively for those who would previously have been called actresses". Plenty of people still make a distinction, but plenty of others now use 'actor' for either sex.