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Chris -- 2018-04-11
In a local newspaper obituary (Livingston County News, New York), I observed that a young man who died was described as a ‘thesbian’. “Thespian” is derived from “Thespis”, a 6th century Greek actor. “Thesbian” seems to indicate a relationship with “lesbian”, which of course would make no sense in an obituary about a young man. However, it might be that people are more familiar with the word lesbian, so it may simply sound more “right” to say thesbian, rather than thespian, which has a rather obscure reference.
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