From: Alex Ferguson (abf@interzone.ucc.ie)
Date: Mon 30 Jun 1997 - 04:43:03 EEST
On the subject of troll gender semantics, I'd guess that the usual
darktongue words are nominally gender-neutral, and there are different
words for the sexes. ("Honoured Mothers", "No account layabouts.")
And as "troll" is a human (Western, even) word, it may well actually
be used in a male-presumptive fashion.
But it's pretty clear to me that in Darktongue, such gender-biased terms
as there are will be giving males the short end. The "generic" pronouns
and collective terms are going to be female ("'She' embraces 'he' -- or
cuffs him around the ear if he's not careful"), KL RPs are always
addressed with a female title, and if there any Sexist Diminutives
flying around, then the sex that's SIZ 2 on the daintier side is going
to be where they land.
I-am-of-course-a-radical-feminist-ly,
Alex.
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