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jigjag

Were there any actresses?

or actorettes ...

... or actrixes! ...

... you could be a spinnatrix Grunger!

Grunger

There were 3 actresses and 2 actors, but unfortunately no actorettes or actrices. I was using actor in the generic sense. I like tyke's suggestion that you could be a ----natrix.

Tyke, if we follow conventional Latin structure, than singular would be actrix, but plural would be actrices. : )

I stand corrected Profrock - I was thinking about words like Dominatrix ... I suppose the plural is Dominatrices, but then perhaps one Dominatrix is enough! Like a lot of things my Latin is more than a little rusty - it never was great to be honest!

tyke

Thanks for your suggestion that I could be some sort of -atrix. I am currently an executrix and soon to become a testatrix. But I would really like to be a proprietrix, preferably of a pub.

malone

Interesting that our favourite novels, She and Emma, featured in the sequences round of Only Connect tonight

Thanks, Grunger. Yes, I saw that - just a pity that there was no room for Miss Jean Brodie, but maybe 'modern' literature will feature in another episode?

malone

yes lets hope so, and I am fed up with old detectives, cooks, actors etc in the Times, together with the daily dose of SA/it stuff.