New Posts For Thread: When did women start being called "Actors" instead of "Actresses" ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actressesI believe WPC has been abandoned in favour of PC in most areas for, er, PC reasons. They all seem to be called "officer" in news reports because constable is such a long word and hacks and luvvies slavishly copying American usage.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551109183#551109183I believe WPC has been abandoned in favour of PC in most areas for, er, PC reasons. They all seem to be called "officer" in news reports because constable is such a long word and hacks and luvvies slavishly copying American usage.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:12:50 -0600About time too. I always call the the thing I sleep on a Matror and people think I'm odd, this is a step in the right direction.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551108639#551108639About time too. I always call the the thing I sleep on a Matror and people think I'm odd, this is a step in the right direction.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 12:14:20 -0600Gallivanter,thanks for that ... I'd never heard of clerkess before.And the clarification of Oor Wullie, puddock.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551107191#551107191Gallivanter,thanks for that ... I'd never heard of clerkess before.And the clarification of Oor Wullie, puddock.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 10:14:37 -0600Actresses started to be called actors about 30 years ago now. A contestant on the quiz show 'Pointless' got caught out on this the other day when he answered 'actress' to a question but was told his answer was wrong. The correct answer was 'actor', thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551107157#551107157Actresses started to be called actors about 30 years ago now. A contestant on the quiz show 'Pointless' got caught out on this the other day when he answered 'actress' to a question but was told his answer was wrong. The correct answer was 'actor', tFri, 03 Feb 2017 10:11:30 -0600I believe WPC has been abandoned in favour of PC in most areas for, er, PC reasons. Clerkess was in common usage until adding machines, calculators and computers simplified clerical work so much that more females could do it.Oor Willie is actually Oohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551105967#551105967I believe WPC has been abandoned in favour of PC in most areas for, er, PC reasons. Clerkess was in common usage until adding machines, calculators and computers simplified clerical work so much that more females could do it.Oor Willie is actually OoFri, 03 Feb 2017 08:16:44 -0600'Luvvies', if you don't mind.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551105601#551105601'Luvvies', if you don't mind.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 07:25:34 -0600Binman Taxman Manslaughter.....lets call the whole thing off.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551105239#551105239Binman Taxman Manslaughter.....lets call the whole thing off.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:40:00 -0600Funny how they never called it 'Best Supporting Female Actor' at the Oscars.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551105221#551105221Funny how they never called it 'Best Supporting Female Actor' at the Oscars.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:37:55 -0600@Knight Commander -- from occasional viewing of Gordon Ramsay's (American) Kitchen Nightmares, it seems "server" is the current term in Trumpland for waiters.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551105075#551105075@Knight Commander -- from occasional viewing of Gordon Ramsay's (American) Kitchen Nightmares, it seems "server" is the current term in Trumpland for waiters.Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:12:06 -0600Let's hear what the postresses on here think .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30819295/when-did-women-start-being-called-actors-instead-of-actresses?post_id=551104557#551104557Let's hear what the postresses on here think .Fri, 03 Feb 2017 04:53:32 -0600