tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post5244008135623803725..comments2024-03-23T12:56:15.004-04:00Comments on I LIKE the things I LIKE!: "ESS" words.Scott B. Leschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-16452359420991420722012-06-04T07:06:28.720-04:002012-06-04T07:06:28.720-04:00Ahh, the good old days when my Dad would rattle th...Ahh, the good old days when my Dad would rattle the ice cubes in this empty glass, say "Mamma-sita" and my Mom would get up and mix him a another drink. My wife hated seeing that!Scott B. Leschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-55133600612362372212012-06-04T00:43:36.470-04:002012-06-04T00:43:36.470-04:00At least they didn't call her a "chairper...At least they didn't call her a "chairperson."Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-56327887278487584612012-06-03T08:02:37.823-04:002012-06-03T08:02:37.823-04:00The alternatives are "female-writer" etc...The alternatives are "female-writer" etc, a term that get clumsey in use.<br />I tried to use "Jewess" on a toy soldier forum to describe Josephine Marcus, Wyatt Erp's companion and got a cyber slap for THAT! "Ess" is a little better than "ette." Don't call a female National Park Ranger a "Rangerette." My sister-in-law is the harbor master of Rockport, Mass. Some jerks tried "Harbor-Mistress" on her.<br />Rockport also has the traditional title of Selectmen for the elected town leaders.<br /><br /><br />You get silly events like this...<br /><br />"ROCKPORT (CBS) – A Rockport selectman has apologized for telling the chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen to “go back to the kitchen” during a heated debate before a town meeting earlier this month." Apr 19, 2012Scott B. Leschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-67534018934810179132012-06-03T02:38:53.582-04:002012-06-03T02:38:53.582-04:00Many of those perfectly good words are verboten to...Many of those perfectly good words are verboten today because of FOOLISHNESS.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-69051414094433445042012-06-02T18:30:49.300-04:002012-06-02T18:30:49.300-04:00exactly like me! (...her... a little bit more than...exactly like me! (...her... a little bit more than "halfway"....)<br />I imagined that ESS was a Company!<br />(and I thought that they do really good figures!!!)<br />I'm out.... arrghhhhh!Sam Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492249817048127312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-66544777567268809602012-06-02T11:41:28.217-04:002012-06-02T11:41:28.217-04:00I stopped scrolling down the page halfway through ...I stopped scrolling down the page halfway through trying to worl out what the last ESS word could be...you got me...I failed :-D<br />Cheers<br />paulPaul´s Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698894821198907112noreply@blogger.com