What’s Up With “Blonde” and “Blond”?

theyuniversity:

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  • Kudos to Merriam-Webster for being one of the only online dictionaries to indicate the distinction between “blonde” and “blond”;
  • “Blond” comes from French, in which it has masculine and feminine forms;
  • Will you be ridiculed if you don’t use “blonde” and “blond” in their gender-specific forms? Probably not. Is it cool to know the difference? Definitely.
  • Barbie & Ken GIF source: THAT’S ABSURD

I legit did not know this. I thought it was like “gray” and “grey”, different people spelling it differently and whatnot.

(Source: theyuniversity, via theyuniversity)



Posted 9 months ago at 05:09pm with 615 notes


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