On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> On 13 Jan 2000, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
>
> > Speaking of websites, I used to be "webmaster" for an ISP. I asked my
> > boss permission to set up aliases for either "webadmin" or "webmistress"
> > and use them, but was told that I wasn't to do it. So I ended up
> > getting an awful lot of webmaster mail addressed "dear sir".
>
> I like the solution of the VA Linux web team: use webgoddess. Mistress, at
> least in the US, carries a connotation of dominatrix.
Is there any interest in taking these words back with positive meanings?
I mean, we do belong to a group called linuxchix (chick used to have
rather a nasty connotation) and then there is the whole girl/grrl thing.
I think 'webmistress' has a nice ring to it, personally, and the only
reason any word has a particular connotation aside from its actual meaning
is the way in which it is generally used. If it begins to be used without
regard to the connotation, then its connotation can change.
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