Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:13 pm The blonde thing is stupid.

vladimir wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:43 pm https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/blonde

'Usage

but in English the distinction is not always made, as English does not have such distinctions of grammatical gender. Thus, blond woman or blonde woman, blond man or blonde man are all used.
The word is more commonly used of women, though, and in the noun the spelling is typically blonde[/u][/b]. In American usage the usual spelling is blond for both adjective and noun'

In UK English, the distinction usually remains...in US English it usually disappears...

blonde
blonde in British
(blɒnd )
adjective
2. (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes
4. a person, esp a woman, having light-coloured hair and skin

Probably, teachers and academics use blonde/blond, and fairly common (albeit incorrect) usage is lazy, preferring blond.

blonde
blonde in British
(blɒnd )
adjective
2. (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes

as English does not have such distinctions of grammatical gender. Thus, blond woman or blonde woman, blond man or blonde man are all used.

Definition of blonde adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
blonde adjective
BrE /blɒnd/ ; NAmE /blɑːnd/
(also blond)
In British English it is usual to spell this word blonde when writing about a woman or girl and blond when writing about a man or boy, although the spelling blonde is sometimes used for men and boys too. In American English the spelling blond is often preferred for either sex. Blonde may be used to describe a woman’s hair, but it is sometimes considered offensive to refer to a woman as ‘a blonde’ because hair colour should not define what a person is like

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:48 pm although the spelling blonde is sometimes used for men and boys too.