Re: 4000s electric problems

[Phil Payne <Phil@sievers.com>]

In message <Pine.ULT.3.91.950131162248.18928B-100000@dax.cc.uakron.edu> Robert Phillips writes:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 1995 Bubmeister@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Totally different subject:   By the way, gender correction...Bubmeister is
> > actually a she.
> > 
> >                         Kelly
> 
> No one says that a Bubmeister can't be a she...
> 			---Bob

Interesting word - a typical German compound.  However, it's masculine.  "Bub" 
is really slang, though VERY common, for a boy.  It's the sort of word you 
would use in parts of German to answer the question: "How many children do you 
have?" - "Zwei - ein Bub und ein Maedchen".
 
Meister literally means "master", used in the sense of master craftsman.  It 
is a term of professional qualification, meaning someone who has completed a 
formal apprenticeship (Lehrgang) rather than a rank such as "manager".  It, 
also, is masculine - der Meister. It could be feminised with an "-in" ending, 
but Duden doesn't list this and I can't remember ever hearing it used.  A 
German searching for a word to describe a female "Meister" would CERTAINLY not 
use the masculine word.

Phil Payne
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