On 18 July 2012 13:03, Charles Matthews <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 18 July 2012 12:32, <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Actress" is certainly not obsolescent in common usage, and I would > suggest it is not the role of Wikipedia to redefine the English language. > > The point here is whether "occupation" is gendered, though, in this > case. Cf. firefighter, seafarer and so on. > > Interesting that you pick two occupations where, prior to more modern times, female participation has been fairly non-existent. Tom _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
