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Takeshidude@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    Don’t forget the ‘-tress’ (trix) or ‘-tess’ suffix in modern English. Host/Hostess, Waiter/Waitress, Actor/Actress

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca
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    The word Dominatrix now makes sense to me. It’s such a neat word. I never thought of the male equivalent being simply a Dominator.

    • thefartographer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Kristanna Lokken is: The Terminatrix

  • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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    I don’t get the reply

    • 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
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      The Tor browser can be used to access the dark web. Normal browsers, such as Firefox or Chrome don’t have the correct protocol to access the onion network.

      Trix are for kids, was part of an advertising campaign for Trix cereal in the U.S.

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        Lmao it has nothing to do with the Tor browser.

        It’s that the -tor suffix applies to men and women. A female pilot is not an aviatrix anymore, she’s an aviator.

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    I kind of want to learn some Middle English stock phrases to grill anyone who complains about the changing nature of English being just political correctness. Like, “You want to be a language conservative? Here’s some Chaucer-era language motherfucker.”

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      ~~https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription~~

      I think the examples section might have some

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription

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      here’s my favourite one: the oldest known use of singular “they” dates back further than the use of singular “you”, and it’s so old that it was still spelled with a thorn (þei)

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        Simple way to remember:

        Roses are red, violets are blue

        Singular they predates singular you

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