Eight words that reveal the sexism at the heart of the English language
Eight words that reveal the sexism at the heart of the English language David Shariatmadari ‘I am a gentil womman and no wenche’: from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Merchant’s Tale, c1386. Photograph: Alamy Linguists call it collocation: the likelihood of two words occurring together. If I say “pop”, your mental rolodex will begin whirring away, coming




