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Don’t forget the ‘-tress’ (trix) or ‘-tess’ suffix in modern English. Host/Hostess, Waiter/Waitress, Actor/Actress

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So a female aster is an Asterix?

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Also, a male Obelix must be an Obelor

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Only if the Romans win

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I kind of want to learn some Middle English stock phrases to grill anyone who complains about the changing nature of English being just political correctness. Like, “You want to be a language conservative? Here’s some Chaucer-era language motherfucker.”

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