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- From: pearlman@acs.bu.edu (Nomi Pearlman)
- Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon
- Subject: Re: Babs is an *ACTRESS!*
- Message-ID: <105644@bu.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 22:28:46 GMT
- References: <01GSOB86728W8WWHGW@SNYOSWVA.BITNET>
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- Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- In article <01GSOB86728W8WWHGW@SNYOSWVA.BITNET> IAEXP000@BLURT.OSWEGO.EDU writes:
- >
- >This has been bothering me for a long time.
- >
- >Why oh why does Babs keep saying, "I am an ACTOR!" in "To Babs or Not to Babs"
- >when she is obviously an ACTRESS?
-
- It is possible that TTA has been listening to people in "the business"-- the
- trend these days is for thespians of both sexes to refer to themselves by the
- term "actor", in an attempt to cut down on the sexism in language. A worthwile
- trend, IMHO.
- --Nomi :-)
-