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To: lafroste
Wow. That's astonishing. Nothing like taking steps to insure that words have less meaning.

The deconstruction of language becomes the destruction of language. I recall shaking my head in wonderment the first time I saw an actress (it might have been Candace Bergen) refer to herself as an "actor." Apparently, in their sick little minds, the feminine suffix is somehow demeaning. Of course, that's total nonesense. It has nothing to do with the quality or importance of the actress. It is merely informational.

There is an ever-increasing number of androgynous first names like Sydney and Cassidy to go with the older Pat and Randy. If I read that the great new actor, Cassidy Smith, has been signed for one of the leads in "Romeo and Juliet," I wouldn't know which role he or she was getting. Of course, nowadays, a female Romeo and a male Juliet (or two males, or two females) would be just as likely anyway.

37 posted on 02/28/2005 8:04:44 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

In the original performances of Romeo and Juliet as well as all other Shakespeare plays, all the parts were played by men.


56 posted on 02/28/2005 9:10:21 AM PST by petitfour
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Romeo and Romiet?


82 posted on 02/28/2005 12:45:08 PM PST by Old Professer (A man's conscience is like his garden, it his and his alone to tend.)
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