tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838073462131456533.post5939318224842603889..comments2023-01-10T01:57:08.199-08:00Comments on Linguistic Wonderings: Married texting & woman doctorslynneguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838073462131456533.post-67507670607404208702015-01-24T14:44:55.528-08:002015-01-24T14:44:55.528-08:00First of all that shouldn't that be "men ...First of all that shouldn't that be "men doctors" (plural with plural). I know we don't do that when we write with other nouns as adj such as mountain-bike or mountain-bikes but it does seem to happen with woman/women and man/men. Indeed, the byspels given abuv are 'woman doctor' and 'women writers'.<br /><br />As for which one to write, I hav no problems with writing woman doctor rather than female doctor. As for the man side, it doesn't bother me there either. Men doctors over here and women doctors over there. That doesn't bother me in the least.<br /><br />However, what we're truly seeing here is that the default is a man and, more often than not, if it needs to be clarified, we're more likely going to talk about doctors and women doctors.<br /><br />AnWulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561827352709157334noreply@blogger.com