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Oh right so if you're born with powers then you're a witch
So that means you could be a man witch

I wonder if people from the UK struggle more than people from other countries with crossing roads whilst abroad

I had the same thought, Tamaya. Witches - female. Wizard - male. But it just dawned on me was warlocks are the male equivalent of the female witches. Witches and warlocks defined for me originally by the television show, Bewitched.

I agree with Lost_dragon's comment relating witches to nature. In my mind, I'm further defining the differences between witches/warlocks and wizards.


warlock /wôr′lŏk″/
noun
1. A man claiming or popularly believed to practice sorcery or witchcraft.
2. A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp.
  Similar: wizard. sprite. imp
3. The male equivalent of witch.

Gandalf is a wizard. Is he ever referred to as a warlock?

Vampires are unisex, like UncannyDanny said.

The brain is flapping around up there thinking about this. But I planned on going to the the grocery store, first one, then MAYBE bagels from the bagel shop, then the other grocery store. I'm partial to garlic bagels and it has been years since I bought any (pandemic days). Why to do I say my brain is flapping around? Because it just thought "We need a glossary thread the defines all the supernatural terms."

One thing that comes to mind is the parallel between terms like actor/actress, and witch/warlock. For much of my life I associated actress with female and actor with male, but anymore actor can refer to male or female. Perhaps witch is unisex as well? I have heard of men being referred to as witches.

Here is the rub, for me personally. All of my perceptions are from literature and (mostly) media like films. Imagine my teenage surprise when I learned -
was a totally fabricated poem by the writer of The Wolfman, Curt Siodmak. In other words, my knowledge is not of the academic nature. Does magic exist? <insert quote about science and magic> My knowledge is pop culture based. There may or may not be magic, but there are witches, warlocks, and wizards.

I'm cutting this off here because otherwise, instead of going to the grocery store at 8:00am (too late for that as it is 8:39), I don't want to keep Columbo Writing¹ until it is 2:00pm.

One more thing, because I like looking up "official" definitions... (the quotes around "official" is not meant to suggest there is some conspiracy surrounding the words. I think of them as formal and informal definitions.

witch /wĭch/
noun
1. A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
2. A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
3. An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.


¹ Columbo Writing - when the mind says "Oh, one more thing."

I think it's a good thing that I found Hogan's Heroes and fell in love with Germany 10 years ago this very month. I've discovered all types of music from Germany and other countries. I'm still a Kinks Fan, but if I didn't change in 2016, I'd still be listening to just The Kinks, all day and all of the night.

That "Honouring Veterans" sign with the poppy at the corner where the grocery store is. Is that sign more for the veterans, or is it more for me? I've noticed when it was first put up 10 years ago.

You don't get many decacorns for your quid

I'm so tempted by all the Easter eggs on the supermarket shelves

I've got months of this torture to endure

Is there anything you can eat that doesn't go towards flatulence

Don't men who practice Wicca self-identify as witches? (as opposed to wizards or warlocks or some other term)



Old English had both masculine (wicca) and feminine (wicce) forms of the word witch.

If going by tropes a male witch would be a hedge wizard.

If going by linguistics but allowing influence from modern speech, a male witch is a wizard, both words derive from wise. If one ignores modern influence, witch is perfectly acceptable to apply to men.

Warlock is derived from an Old English word for oath-breaker, so seems inappropriate to use to describe male witches.

Only if the wizard's school is progressive.

I needed a cheerful black, red and yellow instead of a little boy blue.

I've decided to stick with Schultz

I know the principle behind how accordions work, but the the mechanical details are a mystery to me, and I like that.
Sometimes when one hears something beautiful, it is nice to leave it a little mysterious.

I was just watching a video of Vitaly Kondratenko playing Opening from Glassworks by Philip Glass.

I wonder if the pixies will help me to do the housework today

It's nice to have a bit of company

The pixies must have been onboard because I've only got the vacuuming to do

I fear I must have surly left something out

I didn't do the dusting
That I will leave for the pixies

Autistic Barbie
Even though I am telling myself I don't care, I think it's alright, just like Downs Syndrome Barbie or wheelchair Barbie was alright. Amputee Barbie would be nice too, although that does not exist, unless one has siblings that mutilate dolls.
But I say I don't care because my first thought was "That's going to disturb the hornet's nest."
People will be thrilled.
People will be insulted.
Then I looked up Autistic Barbie on YouTube. Hmmm. Just as I thought.

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