Re: Writing Systems and Biscriptal Children

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, andrew wrote:

>Am 12/01 13:08  Padraic Brown yscrifef:
>
>> For what it's worth, I think a number of these could be considered
>> "common gender", since the roles can be taken as either m. or f.
>> Most of these words are marked masc. in the dictionary (but I wouldn't
>> hesitate to use lla failidur (manager) where appropriate.  Some are
>> marked common (antegessur, ancestor) where I truly thought it best.
>>
>Except that it is possible to say lla failidres, the -dur ending having
>a feminine equivalent in -dres.
>
Cool! One more tidbit...  I assume this works for all similar words:
salwadur, prefder, etc? But how about words like priwad and
proffessiwnal?  I'm sure female spouses and professional women would
be in lla.

Padraic.

>- andrew.