Are there any English words that have been "defeminized"? That is, they were specifically feminine in the past, but nowadays have no denotation or connotation of gender?
I can sort of think of words that have been "demasculinized" in the same sense, but none that have been defeminized.
The word "actor" has been demasculinized a bit, for example; I think it used to be that men were actors and women were actresses, but nowadays it's reasonably common to call them all actors regardless of gender.
I thought about that word, but I'm not sure if it's quite an example.
My understanding of the history might be wrong, but I think:
It's not that women were called nurses and men were called something else; it's that being a nurse was considered to be an occupation which was only suitable for women.
But fear not; they're catching back up with us: Governments of Jyrki Katainen, Alexander Stubb and Juha Sipilä cut education funds in Finland during 2011-2018 by a total of €1.5 billion. The number of university and college employees was cut by more than 7500.
@Robusto same here, but we have to be fair: we are not expected to listen to it. We're only expected to cover and remix it. He will then listen to our covers and remixes. Indeed, he is very much looking forward to listening to them. As long as we credit him, of course.
But yeah, as discussed, seeing an E♭ spelled out as D♯ is the precise point at which I'll close your score in disgust and curse you for having wasted my time. Unless, also as discussed, you happen to be Holst scoring Mars. Which 100 times out of 100 you happen to be not.
All rules are there to be broken once you know all the rules. But not a minute earlier.
A couple days ago I even interrupted my daily routine to post as much on ELU. Can't even remember when I had last posted anything before that. That's how important it is.
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Hmm... if we take that seriously then... we shouldn't take that too seriously. But if we think you're kidding, then we should probably take it seriously.
In the digital world, when identifying yourself as a “first time caller, long time listener” how would that be written. While both phrases aren’t necessary when identifying yourself, what might it look like? (I.e. first time commenter, long time reader or first time poster, long time viewer)
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I see people in SE use acronyms everywhere, but I often don't know what their acronyms mean. Sometimes I guess and look them up in dictionary but still can't figure out, so I give up with frustration.
In the digital world, when identifying yourself as a “first time caller, long time listener” how would that be written. While both phrases aren’t necessary when identifying yourself, what might it look like? (I.e. first time commenter, long time reader or first time poster, long time viewer)
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…