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Ask for help > A magician, wizard or a sorceress, enchantress?
A magician, wizard or a sorceress, enchantress?
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Jull
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A magician, wizard or a sorceress, enchantress?
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Hi dear friends!
May I use all these words speaking about myself /and being a girl :-)
Like this - Were I a magician I would...
THX! |
2 Mar 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Hi Jull! :)
Except for �magician � you could use all the suggested words I suppose. A �magician � is clearly male I think but the other words can be used for females too.
What about the word �witch �?? You can use that one as well. ;))
Regarding your conditional sentence I �d rather say �If I were a sorceress, I would... � "Were I" sounds strange to my ears somehow!!
My best wishes for a nice evening and night, topolina
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2 Mar 2010
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shusu-euphe
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Hi Jull
Wizard is generally used for men. witch would be better.
Regards
Euphe
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3 Mar 2010
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dturner
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Were I a _____ sounds all right to me. It tends to be used in more poetic situations. I �ve also heard it used in songs.
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3 Mar 2010
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douglas
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-With "magician" and "wizard" people tend to automatically think of men, but they are also suitable terms for women.
-Webster �s dictionary defines sorceress as "a women that is a sorcerer". The defintion of sorcerer does NOT specify being a man, but I wouldn �t use it for women--similar with enchantress. |
3 Mar 2010
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