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Replying to @eigenrobot
-ster is the feminine ending for occupations. Brewer/Brewster, Fisher/Fishster, Ganger/Gangster, etc.
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Replying to @jeremywreal
hmmmm or not wow cant believe my hyperfeminist history professor who presented figures from guns germs and steel in her western civ class got etymology wrongpic.twitter.com/9TTYvQ2gs7
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Tbh now I'm just left wondering why siblings are brother/sister and not brother/brothster
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Replying to @jeremywreal
hmmm looks like a couple of older origins related to blood ties, not a case of someone who broth's or sist's sort of analogous to "hamburger" not being about burgers made of ham maybepic.twitter.com/OxYgfuZCgM
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