Posted by Darth Dobbin at 12.19.232.3 on August 11, 2000 at 14:25:23:
In Reply to: You betta just back that thang up. 'Tis a word. posted by Isis on August 11, 2000 at 13:28:48:
: 'Tis absolutely a word, dear Dobbin. I wouldn't possibly make this up. "Godship" is a word, correct?
Keer-rect. According to Websters:
godship \God"ship\, n. [God, n. + -ship.] The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess.
O'er hills and dales their godships came. --Prior.
See, "godship" implies both the rank of gods and goddesses. There's no need for a separate word jut to denote gender. Apollo and Diana have both attained godship. The one word fits all.
Beyond that, us men write the dictionaries. Hell, look at the first syllable of the word "dictionary" and you'll see who is calling the shots.
My vote is still with "Su-su-sssudio."
As is the forementioned. Given, people don't use it that much, but then English speaking nations rarely speak of goddesses unless they're really bad movie critics giving a review of "Coyote Ugly".
: Trust me on this. I'm a veritable cesspool of fermenting, worthless scraps of knowledge.
: -- Isis
: P.S. Is this off-kilter thread at all justified by the presence of "Coyote Ugly"? Which, by the way, I have to say was one of the most genius scams of the year...marketing a PG-13 girl-power chick flick as a sexy romp for young red-blooded males. Brilliant.
: : : Goddessship, of course. Was there ever any doubt in your mind?
: : While that may be a lovely concept, it ain't a real word. Neither is "chuck-a-licious," or "Hanna-Barbara-esque", which does not prevent me from using them in everyday conversation.
: : But in the strictest sense of the word "word", "Goddessship" is not a word.