I Meant "Aviatrix"

Tonight I wanted to look up some information online about the musical "Wings" (music by Jeffrey Lunden, book and lyrics by Arthur Perlman, from the play "Wings" by Arthur Kopit). I was far too lazy to walk into another room to find a bit of information, so I decided to Google with a few words that I thought would get me quickly to what I wanted to know, namely

wings aviatrix

NB: I used the word "aviatrix" because: 1) I've always enjoyed the word immensely and don't get to use it in daily conversation very often; and 2) the main character is definitely described as an "aviatrix" — none of that "woman aviator" stuff for this woman!
You know that irritatingly superior way that Google has sometimes, usually when one misspells a word, of asking "Did you mean …?" Well, this time is was irritatingly sexist when, in response to my search string above, it asked

Did you mean: wings aviator

No, I certainly did not, thank you very much!

Posted on March 5, 2005 at 23.22 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Raised Eyebrows Dept.

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