blond Vs. blonde

[wotcha]

Can I switch 'blond' and 'blonde' ?

[freezeframe]

Can I switch 'blond' and 'blonde' ?

Yes.

[Raymott]

Can I switch 'blond' and 'blonde' ?

'Blonde' is the female form of 'blond'. There aren't many such sexist forms left in English, but "Ulf, the blonde Swedish lumberjack" would be confusing.

But I note that "Usage note" in the following suggests that we don't do this consistently (I have always assumed anomlies to be an internet phenomenon):
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blond

PS: Note that if you do a Google search for "blond jokes" it will first ask whether you are mad and mean "blonde jokes", and when you say no, it will still give you "blonde jokes"!

[BobK]

... There aren't many such sexist forms left in English...

(and there are people who disapprove on grounds of sexual politics, and say things like 'they can be used interchangeably' - as interchangeably as 'history' and 'herstory' )

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