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Correction to George Carlin Article

Corrections to article: George Carlin: May 12th 1937 to June 22nd 2008

The word “comedienne” has been replaced with “comedian”, because it is a gender word, according to Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: co·me·di·enne

Pronunciation: \-ˌmē-dē-ˈen\

Function: noun

Etymology: French comédienne, feminine of comédien comedian, from comédie

Date: circa 1859

: a woman who is a comedian

Thanks to reader Joe Zimmerman for bringing this point up in his comment to the article concerning George Carlin.

The word “comedienne” concerning George Carlin has been replaced with the proper gender word of “comedian”.

July 10, 2008 Posted by Keith Lehman | Correction | | No Comments Yet