54 My reply to the "online manual" of Wizardry: No, the English language is a language, and the writer who added this editorialized piece is an idiot, and is most likely a female diversity hire (i.imgur.com) posted 2 years ago by WhitePhoenix 2 years ago by WhitePhoenix +54 / -0 39 comments share 39 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The only instance of a profession being gendered is "woman" which is old english for "man who weaves".
Did you get this from the OED or from your ass? The Old English for 'woman' is wyf. "Woman" is not a word in Old English.
"Woman" is a corruption of "wyfman," which means "person who weaves, " so the last post is half-correct. "Wer" and "guma" were the most common words for "man" back then.
Hmm, maybe I was thinking of another language.