Grammar Rant: Can the pundits stop calling Pelosi the first WOMAN speaker?

[OrwellwasRight]

She is the first FEMALE speaker.

WOMAN is a noun, not an adjective. It is a pet peeve of mine, like fingernails on a chalk board.

:rant:

Thanks for listening.

[wildhorses]

1. once they say "she" isn't it all rather redundant after that?

:shrug:


just trying to make light of it all...of course since SHE is the first female speaker as opposed to all the males...


it all just get on my nerves after awhile

[OrwellwasRight]

2. Agreed.

The "she" does cover the gender, but does not get to the historic aspect of being the first "she."

McLaughlin just said "first woman speaker." That guy usually has decent grammar. Aargh! Stop it.

[hippywife]

3. As a woman

part of me is okay with it even if it is grammatically incorrect. The word woman seems to give it more power than female would.

That being said, one wouldn't say Dennis Hastert is the last man Speaker of the House, would one?

[OrwellwasRight]

4. Here's a great sentence I'd love to hear in say, 2030:

In 2007, Dennis Hastert stepped down as Speaker of the House. He was the last man, and the last Republican, to serve as Speaker of the House.

Yeah, I see what people are trying to do with the "woman Speaker" thing. But, as a woman myself, I am not afraid of the word female. And I do decry the dumbing down of the language. **Old Fogey Moment** We can and should learn the difference between nouns and adjectives.

[Jade Fox]

5. Yes, they could just call Pelosi...

the first woman serving as Speaker of the House, or some variation of that.

[OrwellwasRight]

6. Yeah, what is so tough about that?

First woman and first in a long line of Dems, we hope!