--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think women can also be songstresses, in theory > paving the way for a > parallel clarity to the actor /actress terms noted > above. As in, "Joni > Mitchell is my favorite singer" (leaving no doubt > where there already was > none).
Somehow I think of "songstress" as not being the same as "singer", disregarding the whole gender thing. I think of it as having some kind of strings attached - like, a singer who is larger than life, or over the top, sort of a diva wannabe. To me there's almost a humourous connotation to the word, but I can't define why. (Sometimes I call my pets cattess and doggess because I like the sound - after all, there are tigresses and lionesses. Or then again, they could be she-cats and the she-dog.) ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
