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

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@...>

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