Écrivain/écrivaine and auteur/autrice are better examples tbf.
― pomenitul, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
English seems to be going the other way in some regards, losing female equivalents. Women are now more often actors than actresses. You'd have thought it would be better to try to give the word actress the same gravitas as actor, rather than banishing it.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 29 June 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
Wait, it's nagl to call Zooey Deschanel an actress?
j'encule l'Académique française quel que soit son genre
Haha
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 29 June 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
Not so much these days, no. It does get a bit confusing when, as a progressive, you're expected to do one thing in one language and the exact opposite in the other. I'm inclined to agree with Zelda, though.
― pomenitul, Monday, 29 June 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
The “Immortals”, as the 40 academy members ... are known
Super cringey
― jmm, Monday, 29 June 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link