Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 02:01  PM, John Cowan wrote:
> Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:
>> On the other hand, my grandmother used to be addressed as "Mevrouw de
>> Voorzitter" ("Mrs. Chairman"), while the true feminine form would have
>> been "voorzitster".
>
> English vacillates between "Madam Chairman" and "Madam Chair",
> depending
> on whether women would rather be labeled male or inanimate.
> --
> Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
>         --Arthur C. Clarke, "The Nine Billion Names of God"
>                 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
I've heard both "Chairperson" and "Chairwoman", also.


-Stephen (Steg)
  "mei`al pisgat har hatzofim..."