Migraineur, or Migraineuse? A Cheval of a Different Color?
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor. —I do not want to be accused of beating a dead cheval, but I think that Dr Leviton1 should have been less apologetic in defending his use of the word migraineur in describing both men and women migraine sufferers.French nouns are rather arbitrarily either masculine or feminine. Consequently, a migraineur could properly refer to both men and women just as un cheval can mean a horse of either sex. I say "could," however, because a bit of investigation has...