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">> Firstly, it's "blonde" not "blond", and second, it's not EVERY OTHER WORD. Be serious. <<
Both are acceptable spelling variants." No. Blond is the masculine form, blonde is the feminine form.
">> Firstly, it's "blonde" not "blond", and second, it's not EVERY OTHER WORD. Be serious. <<
Both are acceptable spelling variants." No. Blond is the masculine form, blonde is the feminine form.
That is false, you idiot. In English, there are no adjectives that change depending on gender.
>> That is false, you idiot. In English, there are no adjectives that change depending on gender. <<
Exactly. >> No. Blond is the masculine form, blonde is the feminine form. << With that reasoning, you should have said: "No. Blond is the MASCULIN form, blonde is the feminine form." If you think that English inflects adjectives based on gender, then "masculin" would be the correct form form "masculine". But...English does not inflect adjectives for gender.
<<That is false, you idiot. In English, there are no adjectives that change depending on gender.>>
Are you serious? From dictionary.com: blonde - –adjective 1. (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes. –noun 2. a woman or girl having this coloration. Usage note: The spelling 'blonde' is still *widely* used for the noun that specifies a *woman or girl* with fair hair: "The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor." *Some* people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all persons: "My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while." As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled 'blond' in reference to either sex (an energetic blond girl; two blond sons), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: "the blonde model and her escort." The spelling 'blond' is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: "His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes." A similar thing happens with 'brunet' vs. 'brunette' brunet –adjective 1. (esp. of a male) brunette. –noun 2. a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin. brunette –adjective 1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone. 2. (of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin. –noun 3. a person, esp. a female, with such coloration.
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You are inconsistent with yourself. Your example just shows the correctness of User 's statement: "English does not inflect adjectives for gender.". ADJEVTIVES, not nouns (brunet vs. brunette).
Well, it comes from Middle English blounde, so adjectives like blounde that come before a noun get an -e, but otherwise no ending:
so: That is oon blounde girl. but: That girl is blound.
>>In English, there are no adjectives that change depending on gender.>>
>> Are you serious?<< Yes, quite serious. As you pointed out: "The spelling 'blonde' is still *widely* used for the ****noun****" The NOUN, not the adjective.
"That is false, you idiot. In English, there are no adjectives that change depending on gender."
Actor/Actress Duke/Duchess Host/Hostess Mr./Mrs. Waiter/Waitress Blond/Blonde God/Goddess Emperor/Empress Prince/Princess Lad/Lass Brunet/Brunette Heir/Heiress Baron/Baroness Do you REALLY want me to go on about the words that DO change depending on one's sex?
>>Do you REALLY want me to go on about the words that DO change depending on one's sex?<<
Have you noticed that those words which you have listed are not *adjectives*?! Jeez...
Ah. Missed that part about the adjectives. Well, I'll just shut up now. Sorry :I
>> Have you noticed that those words which you have listed are not *adjectives*?! Jeez... <<
What about human and humaness? |