Authoress...

The only strike I am interest in it the strike of wood on your butt Blimpy-bum

Personally I think political correctness in all its forms can sod right off!

p.s. I'm still on strike.

Of course I greatly sympathise Februs. But who is going to ensure the Library staff properly get on with their work whilst your on strike? It maybe that they will use the occasion to over indulge in crisps and alcholic refreshment! I am available if needed to ensure the smooth running of the library whilst you are engaged in industrial action. I shall bring my largest paddle just in case FIRM guidance is necessary!

Well I've just emerged from the library basement to see what they're up to and it's like the Marie Celeste, no sign of any staff whatsoever! .. long queues of disgruntled readers waiting to be attended to, empty crisp packets strewn all over the place not to mention discarded sherry and whisky bottles on the library shelves. So who knows where the Head Librarianess and the Assistant Librarianess have disappeared to .. up to no good I'll wager.

I would think it's because women at one time were not allowed to be lawyers, doctors, etc. Personally I have no objection to being called an authoress - if it was good enough for Jane Austen it's good enough for me!

I notice the word 'actress' has gone out of fashion; all the lady Thespians are now 'actors'. Don't see the problem with actress, manageress, authoress, lioness, tigress, laundress, seamstress. I'm female and not ashamed of it, and if my 'job-title' proclaims it, that's fine with me.

I do not think any of the female huwoman persons would object to bcoming an heiress.

Can you walk more quietly please you woke me up from my snooze under my desk


I agree totally, I is a female, I am not the same as a man and am not insecure enough to need to pretend I am

Couldn't agree more! Apart from any political correctnesses,
what are the poor lions and tigers expected to do without their 'esses'?
Surely that would make them ex-esses!

And I answer: both, sir.

Those with the modern computer gadget so beloved these days of authors and authore-- , so beloved of authors, will notice that the letter E nestles just above the letter S on the so-called keyboard of these contraptions; further, that the letter R occupies a position adjacent to the letter E.

Seated happily in my favourite corner of the Library, I had just completed the typing of the word AUTHOR when a horrendous scream from the direction of Miss Thrashbottom's study caused me to jolt with such suddenness that the offending suffix somehow became appended to my hitherto ungendered rendition of the aforementioned word. Distracted then by the sight of my friend Arthur James walking nonchalantly away from our Stern Mistress' punishment den, whistling 'I Will Survive', I failed to notice this unfortunate addition, an accident for which I have already proffered a humble apology to the colleague involved.

As to the second of your alternatives, sir, I am indeed a Master of Corporal Punishment, but I fail to see what that has to do with the matter in hand.

I remain, sir, humbly etc.

TEM

P.S. Me following my appointment with Miss T:

Not to mention disgruntled authors - but who really cares about us? I say attend to the bottoms of those librarian folk!