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MALE AND FEMALE

Sir,-I was very. interested to find your correspondent Kay Burley so zealous in her attempt to introduce the

French word commére to local anriouncers. She apparently maintains that compére must be used only in speaking of male commentators, However, before her platform becomes a part of the noble edifice of your language, the correspondent and others of her sex may be somewhat abashed to learn the further and more usual connotations of this word. Commére is often employed to denote a "gossip" or "busybody." Many savants have stated their belief that woman employs her natural intuition and creative powers in convetsation, and that conversation is her art. So it would seem that the radio is an ideal field for woman to exercise her abilities. But if you introduce this term let us hope that your "female commentators" will give it a new dis-

nity.

CHAS.

BADAUD

(Auckland). —

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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 722, 15 May 1953, Page 5

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MALE AND FEMALE New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 722, 15 May 1953, Page 5

MALE AND FEMALE New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 722, 15 May 1953, Page 5

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