Tips From An Editor: Blonde/Blond

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My editor taught me the difference between blonde and blond.

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Hey, friends, let’s talk about some things that I learned during the editing process that I want to share with you. Because then if you hire an editor, you can fix these things beforehand and save some time and some money. So I just got my book, the Things We Cannot Change, back from my editor, and I’m going through her suggestions and changes and I’m learning some stuff. In fact, did you know that the spelling of blonde has always varied based on whether it was discovered describing a male or a female? B L O N D E was typically for female and B L O n D was for male.

Mind blown. I did not know this. I don’t know if I’ve noticed this in books. I feel like if I just saw. If I saw it without the E, I would just think it was wrong.

But, like, I don’t even remember noticing it. Is this something that you have noticed in books so far? But now she left me a note that said B L O N D without the E is recommended now for both male and female. I would see that and think it was spelled wrong, to be honest. You said I could leave it the way it was.

Use the one with the E for female and the one without for male. But I’m kind of speechless on this one. And I looked it up and it’s true. Who knew? So there you go.

It’s been the norm to use blonde with an E for female and blonde without an E for male, but now it’s just blonde without an E for everyone. Did you know this? Tell me in the comments. Do you use this? Are you gonna switch to the one without an e?

I guess I will if that’s the norm. But if you saw that in a book, would you think it was spelled wrong? That’s what. That’s my concern. Okay, let me know if you found this helpful.

I’ll be back with more as I continue to go through my edit syncs. Bye.

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