Thank you, Lars. Clearly Hercules was not the best example. However there are plenty of other femininely coopted words. How about 'there,' 'ashes,' 'smashes,' or any similarly ending words, 'other,' 'father,' 'rather,' and so on.
Ajax
Re: Sexism in the Dictionary: Should Words Be Changed?
Thank you, Lars. Clearly Hercules was not the best example. However there are plenty of other femininely coopted words. How about 'there,' 'ashes,' 'smashes,' or any similarly ending words, 'other,' 'father,' 'rather,' and so on.
Ajax
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