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[rhyll]

last night in my dream someone called someone, who wasn't there. the operator picked up, and asked to take a message, and instead the first person just asked to be allowed to listen to the answering machine message. just to hear the other person's voice.

but then, i also dreamt we were going to queensland for the evening (it was a short cycle, and boat trip, away) to see the dominatrices wrestle.

so maybe i shouldn't set too much store by dreams.

(i am sad that the word 'aviatrix' has all but disappeared from usage.)

Comments

[boxer-the-horse.livejournal.com]

'Aviatrix'? Way to endorse the patriarchy. Clearly 'Aviator' and "Aviatrix' should be replaced by 'Aviateperson.' Although that does look like 'Avi ate person', and i don't know how the Avis of the world would take that.

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

I think that i could possibly make an argument here that an 'aviatrix' plays a very different socio-cultural (but not technological) role to an 'aviator'. Maybe i would then go on to make arguments that 'aviatrix' and 'aviator' should be assigned according to which role people (pilots, presumably) played, rather than according to their gender.

Essentially, though, i would just be making a rather long and involved justification of the fact that i think 'aviatrix' sounds excellent.