Archive for December, 2024

So “lion” becomes “lioness” and “author” becomes “authoress” So “hunter” becomes “huntress” and “enchanter” becomes “enchantress” So “aviator” becomes “aviatrix” and “administrator” becomes “administratrix” Unfortunately English, especially Americanized English, has a tendency to outright steal words from other languages so spelling in English isn’t as easy as some more orderly languages. Guess I’m just ‘old fashioned’.

Adjective order and commas with “hair”

These terms went obsolete so long ago that most people these days don’t even know that baker once had a ...