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Help[Opinions] Re: Hmm yes
in reply to a message by beethoven
Oh no, I didn't think you were arguing. I'm not either, just discussing. :)
I don't think of hunting as an inately unfeminine activity, but I don't care for Huntress at all. Adding the feminine ending doesn't "fix" the very masculine sound of "Hunt" where a name is concerned. It's no better than Elliottess to my ear. Women can be fletchers or coopers or thatchers or whatever else they care to be, but the corresponding occupation names look and sound purely masculine to me. No Fletcherina or Cooperette or Thatcheress for me. Just doesn't work. :)
I don't think of hunting as an inately unfeminine activity, but I don't care for Huntress at all. Adding the feminine ending doesn't "fix" the very masculine sound of "Hunt" where a name is concerned. It's no better than Elliottess to my ear. Women can be fletchers or coopers or thatchers or whatever else they care to be, but the corresponding occupation names look and sound purely masculine to me. No Fletcherina or Cooperette or Thatcheress for me. Just doesn't work. :)
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