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Post by cardiffspaceman » Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 8:20 PM UTC

implements wrote: post #70

thaumasiotes wrote: post #66

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> There's also the debate in gendered languages over whether one should never use feminine endings on professions, and keep them generic, or always use them for all professions for consistency [...] This is a somewhat different kind of thing. In English, there are plenty of professions with a gendered suffix rather like this. Waiter / waitress; actor / actress; steward / stewardess. In general, the -ess cannot be use…

> the feminist prescription for a female doctor is "lady doctor", not "doctress" Being male I hesitate to speak for feminists, but I’m fairly sure at least 2nd wave ones would prefer just “doctor” and would frown on “lady” as an unnecessary qualifier.

Post by psini » Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 1:35 PM UTC

CRConrad wrote: post #68

psini wrote: post #60

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I don't know your french level but perhaps you read your quote too fast because it says: "Mets qui vient après les hors-d'œuvre et AVANT le plat principal". So the "entrée" is the dish that comes BEFORE the main dish.

Perhaps you read GP's quote too fast? Because it ends with: >>>> Par extension. Plat principal. Un repas composé d’un hors-d’œuvre, une entrée et un dessert. "By extension. Main dish. A meal consisting of an appetizer, an entrée and a dessert." There the "entrée" is clearly the "main dish".