Mind your language
The editor of the Guardian style guide on ... playing doctors and doctresse
By David Marsh
Hell hath no fury like a man scorned, as the proverb doesn't go (but perhaps should). A monstrous regiment of men has taken exception to the Guardian's policy of calling female actors just that – actors – rather than "actresses".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/22/language-female-actors
The editor of the Guardian style guide on ... playing doctors and doctresse
By David Marsh
Hell hath no fury like a man scorned, as the proverb doesn't go (but perhaps should). A monstrous regiment of men has taken exception to the Guardian's policy of calling female actors just that – actors – rather than "actresses".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/22/language-female-actors
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