Is the term "Actor" uni-gender or is Actor/Actress the correct form?
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Koz_Dracon - Nelson Remembered
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Many people tend to use "actor" for both sexes, but the correct form is actor/actress.
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Actually, although the gender-specific terms were always the correct one, I believe it is becoming more and more correct not to specify.
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It WAS absolutely gender specific ... Actor/Actress ... NOW, however, it is only somewhat more correct to specify, while still only slightly less correct, but still correct to just use "Actor" as a gender neutral for either male or female ...
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It is becoming a neuter gender noun nowadays for some odd reason. On the other hand many female comedians are referring to themselves as comediennes nowadays.
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They want to make it unigender but it doesn't make sense since actress already covers women. I think it is in bad taste when people use this term wrongly.
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Actor/Actress is the correct form but what do they call animal stars?
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Seems like all thespians are referred to as "actors" these days.
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Feminists and gays have a problem with "actress" because it indicates a difference. They can be very vocal about this. The term actor has never been uni-gender, it has always referred to male thespians, while actresses refers to females. This is still the proper usage. However, if a feminist or gay is in the room, you are likely to hear an upset and very vocal "why can't you just say actor...?!!" to which people will submit rather than having an upset person on their hands. This development is fairly recent.
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Actor/actress is the correct way but who really cares!
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So basically everyone is saying that Wiki and Oxford are both wrong in their etymology of the two words. OK....
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