Stewardess/female flight attendant
Would there be anything wrong about using "stewardess" nowadays? In my story I refer to the whole cabin crew as "flight attendants" and a female flight attendant as "stewardess". The stewardess (she is nameless in my story) is mentioned a handful of times in my story and I feel it would be very tiring and irritating to read "female flight attendant" every time. What is your view? Would it be okay to use "stewardess"?
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No, avoid stewardess'. flight attendant is considered the correct term today. You could occasionally shorten it to 'the attendant", or you might be able to say 'she' or 'her'.
- No, avoid stewardess'.
- flight attendant is considered the correct term today.
- You could occasionally shorten it to 'the attendant", or you might be able to say 'she' or 'her'.
- Is it important to your plot that the reader knows which one is a woman?
- Clive
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No, avoid stewardess'. flight attendant is considered the correct term today. You could occasionally shorten it to 'the attendant", or you might be able to say 'she' or 'her'.
Is it important to your plot that the reader knows which one is a woman?
Clive
0anonymousWould it be okay to use "stewardess"?
You are the author, so it is your decision whether to observe the strictures of Political Correctness (if you can find them laid out anywhere) or use natural English. If you use "stewardess", you will offend some people. If you use "female flight attendant", you will offend other people.
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