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by Nurse Shh...... on July 11th, 2008
Actor/actress is the correct way but who really cares!
by Raddman on June 17th, 2008
Actor/Actress is the correct form but what do they call animal stars?
by Jez-2k on June 19th, 2009
So basically everyone is saying that Wiki and Oxford are both wrong in their etymology of the two words.
OK....
by gmeades on June 17th, 2008
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.
by shammers still slogging along on June 17th, 2008
Seems like all thespians are referred to as "actors" these days.
by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on June 16th, 2008
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.
by Mastodon on June 16th, 2008
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.
by Takei-Shihan on June 16th, 2008
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 ...
by BelaBartok on June 16th, 2008
Actually, although the gender-specific terms were always the correct one, I believe it is becoming more and more correct not to specify.
by ilovemysoldier. on June 16th, 2008
Many people tend to use "actor" for both sexes, but the correct form is actor/actress.
What idiom (common saying) do you use the most?
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Name something that starts with the word birth?
by JM1 on September 16th, 2011
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Anyone else have any more obscure funny words I may put into a sentence?
by DarkMaskDiva/KBHCI on April 5th, 2011
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What word or phrase did you mishear/interpret incorrectly for longer then you would like to admit...?
by figwit on April 8th, 2011
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what is the one word u wish never existed???? ( i have two.....epic failure) oh and "OMG"
by Lorissa_B on April 8th, 2011
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Someone who's a politically correct maniac?
by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on July 12th, 2008
I understand!
by Nurse Shh...... on July 14th, 2008