Well, it appears that the glaring "UPDATE YOUR PAGE" link is now a permanent feature. Evidently SG changed format like the day after I joined. That kind of thing is always confusing.
Okay, enough of The Trials and Tribulations of an SG n00b. It's been almost a week now.
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I believe that the declensionary suffix "trix" is used far too infrequently in the English language. About the only time you ever see it is in the word "dominatrix" (see footnotes 1 and 2), but really, any word coming to us from Latin that ends with "tor" should have an accompanying feminine (see footnote 3) version ending in "trix." I exhort everyone to endeavor to use the following words in conversation (footnote 4):
- actrix (we really should use this instead of "actress")
- alligatrix (while not technically correct, I think this would be a great term for a female alligator)
- aviatrix (as per footnote 1, I actually have seen this one used)
- carburatrix (guys often talk about how their vehicles are female)
- constructrix (if you are fond of the idea of feminine chunks of code, please make sure to also call the destructrix when your object goes out of scope)
- debtrix (women owe money, too)
- detonatrix (I am sure that Bernard Mickey Wrangle would think of these as being female)
- doctrix (it IS the 21st century. Women CAN become doctors now, you know)
- dominatrix (yeah, yeah)
- electrix (I don't know who the hell sits on the electoral college, but I'm sure that some of them are women)
- executrix (as per footnote 1, I have seen this one, too)
- emptrix (stereotypically, women supposedly shop much more than men)
- factrix (some of those numbers have to be feminine)
- fellatrix (we all <3 these)
- gladiatrix (like Blaze, Lace, Sky, etc.)
- imitatrix (drag king?)
- incineratrix (that bitch who set all your stuff on fire after you dumped her)
- lectrix (and women give lectures)
- legatrix (and are lawyers)
- proctrix (and administer exams)
- senatrix (see footnote 5)
- tractrix (I think I just included this one to be silly)
So, stand up and use language that's nifty. Also, score more points in Scrabble.
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1. Admittedly I have also seen "executrix" used in a legal document, and "aviatrix" used in reference to Amelia Earhart, but these are both extremely rare occurrences.
2. Adding a footnote here (parenthetically, as I do not believe one can format superscripts in the SG journal medium) also allows me to place the comma after the parentheses and not inside the quotation marks, which would iritate the shit out of me.
3. I mean "feminine" in the linguistical gender sense, not as an adjective applying to people. I know a lot of people who could be represented by words ending in "trix" who would not be described as being particularly feminine themselves.
4. As well as to come up with other feminine words of the same declension that I no doubt have missed.
5. The one person I have seen referred to as an executrix (per footnote 1) also happens to be a senatrix.
Okay, enough of The Trials and Tribulations of an SG n00b. It's been almost a week now.
Something Else
I believe that the declensionary suffix "trix" is used far too infrequently in the English language. About the only time you ever see it is in the word "dominatrix" (see footnotes 1 and 2), but really, any word coming to us from Latin that ends with "tor" should have an accompanying feminine (see footnote 3) version ending in "trix." I exhort everyone to endeavor to use the following words in conversation (footnote 4):
- actrix (we really should use this instead of "actress")
- alligatrix (while not technically correct, I think this would be a great term for a female alligator)
- aviatrix (as per footnote 1, I actually have seen this one used)
- carburatrix (guys often talk about how their vehicles are female)
- constructrix (if you are fond of the idea of feminine chunks of code, please make sure to also call the destructrix when your object goes out of scope)
- debtrix (women owe money, too)
- detonatrix (I am sure that Bernard Mickey Wrangle would think of these as being female)
- doctrix (it IS the 21st century. Women CAN become doctors now, you know)
- dominatrix (yeah, yeah)
- electrix (I don't know who the hell sits on the electoral college, but I'm sure that some of them are women)
- executrix (as per footnote 1, I have seen this one, too)
- emptrix (stereotypically, women supposedly shop much more than men)
- factrix (some of those numbers have to be feminine)
- fellatrix (we all <3 these)
- gladiatrix (like Blaze, Lace, Sky, etc.)
- imitatrix (drag king?)
- incineratrix (that bitch who set all your stuff on fire after you dumped her)
- lectrix (and women give lectures)
- legatrix (and are lawyers)
- proctrix (and administer exams)
- senatrix (see footnote 5)
- tractrix (I think I just included this one to be silly)
So, stand up and use language that's nifty. Also, score more points in Scrabble.
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1. Admittedly I have also seen "executrix" used in a legal document, and "aviatrix" used in reference to Amelia Earhart, but these are both extremely rare occurrences.
2. Adding a footnote here (parenthetically, as I do not believe one can format superscripts in the SG journal medium) also allows me to place the comma after the parentheses and not inside the quotation marks, which would iritate the shit out of me.
3. I mean "feminine" in the linguistical gender sense, not as an adjective applying to people. I know a lot of people who could be represented by words ending in "trix" who would not be described as being particularly feminine themselves.
4. As well as to come up with other feminine words of the same declension that I no doubt have missed.
5. The one person I have seen referred to as an executrix (per footnote 1) also happens to be a senatrix.
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But I like oxes pulling tractors.
(yes, i know how to spell oxes..en)