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... 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.

Grunger

I see on another thread that you have problems with the grammar relating to certain verbs. The best way to avoid this is to refrain from using slang such as text and 86 as verbs.

I hope you enjoyed the old authors in the Times in the last few days.

Jigjag, Grunger
I sympathise where the problems of modern words are concerned. I have got used to, though I don't particularly like phrases such as 'I texted him last night'. I don't think I'll ever be able to say 'I PMed him last night.' (No, I wasn't conducting a post mortem, I sent someone a Private Message.)

Still, some of the old/older words can also be irksome. 'Pass', as in make overtures, try to chat up etc was involved in a clue last week. I have not heard this word used for possibly decades and certainly not by anyone younger than 50.

I was irritated by a clue in this week's Spectator. (A 'live' puzzle, so perhaps better not to mention the answer?) It is -
Arouse footballer with one run (6).

'Footballer', just 'footballer'? This is for someone who's been dead for a pretty long time - and let's face it, there are literally hundreds of 'footballers' anyway.