flight attendant VS air hostess
Hello everybody! Which one is American English? Thanks!
5 Answers
Flight attendant or stewardess. Not air hostess.
Air hostesses are very goodlooking. Men dream about them. They are blonde and pliable.
Flight attendants are stressed out and work for Ryan Air. They have no dreams but are still fairly goodlooking.
Actually, the correct one is flight attendant. There are a few people who may still use the much older term "stewardess" but since many fight attendants are male it is not at all appropriate. Occupation descriptions that indacate a gender went out long ago. We do not have mailmen but mail carriers and most of the ones that have delivered mail in our neighborhood for the last six years have been female. (There are a few other terms that can be used for mail carriers).
An air hostess is the little hostess twinkies snack they give you on the plane instead of peanuts... 
Yes, as far as being politically correct, stewardess would not be used. I always used words like policeman, fireman, congressman, actor/actress so I still use them, though I know lots of people try to avoid it. Steward/stewardess is appropriate if you distinguish between which gender. (I'm also in my twenties, not someone that had terminology changed after a lifetime of employing certain words. I guess I just use terms that are a bit outdated?)
