Forum:Blonde or Blond
Normally, the term blonde is for both male and female Sims. Now a discussion has been carried to whether blond should be used for males and blonde for females, as the words are derived from French and that's how the French language uses them. Joey.eyeball (talk) 23:06, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
Discussion
It looks like British English prefers blonde for females and blond for males, whereas US English prefers blond for both genders. The Manual of style says that "it is generally acceptable to leave an article alone where the style is consistent throughout the article." I think this isn't major enough to have to be decided on a wiki-wide level, especially considering the differing styles between various versions of English - none of which are correct or incorrect. It would be relatively painless to make the {{Sim}} and related templates accept both spellings of the word.
The only case where I think we might want to make a decision is in the naming of the category - be it Category:Blond Sims or Category:Blonde Sims. In this case, my vote would be for 'blond' since it's a gender-neutral term, versus blonde which is intended specifically for females. -- LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 00:18, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
- So you are proposing that we change it to blond because it can be used appropriately for both genders? Joey.eyeball (talk) 01:42, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
- No, I'm proposing that we don't change anything except the category name. But, that's just my suggestion. -- LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 01:44, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
- Do we change it on the template for each gender?