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From: kimcm@olamb.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: what to call a female wizard?
Message-ID: <258@olamb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Apr-87 05:40:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 27 05:40:18 1987
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In article <258@root44.root.co.uk>, nga@root.co.uk (Nick Armitage) writes:
> i was wondering what you call a  female  wizard.  i asked
> several male wizards who  happened to be to hand and also
> a female wizard (but i don't know what i should call her).

Well, first of all "WIZARD" defines the status of the person not the
sex of the person! The only way to discern the sex is in context:
She was an excelent wizard - I was saw her zap an entire hack source with
just one blow!

> now a witch is female and a warlock is a male thought i -
> but what the hell is a female wizard????

A Witch, is commonly associated with a taste of evil (never though
that I should write anything on alignment other than byte alignment
in comp.UNIX-wizards (-;) so that wouldn't be a good choice, however
sorcerer is a commonly used term for female wizards though it also
covers male wizards. I have even heard the term Wizardress, but I
personaly dislike the term since it tends degrades to be interpreted as
a second-class wizard.

> any replies would put  four wizards (one female)  out  of
> their agony..

Why the agony, just call the females wizards too, just like you don't
have to call female workers for workresses (-;

					Kim Chr. Madsen