Well, one could say all that, but, living with the rest of the smurfs, she'd be
entitled to call herself a smurf, wouldn't she? I mean, being a citizen of
America makes a person American, so being a
citizen of... smurf... wherever they are would make her a
smurf. To wit, she
is a smurf after all!
As for the idea that
ette is only used for the diminuitive, and not the
feminine, in the English language, I'd have to
disagree there.
Ette is a
French ending that points out femininity, and I can think of more examples in English of
ette being used for the feminine than for the
diminuitive version of something. Well, actually I can only think of one.
Dudes and dude-ettes.
Hmph. Actually, all the ette endings I can think of are slangs or made up names... Could it be that the French are making up new words in an attempt to overthrow the English language that we, as Americans, have already overthrown?
Only the smurfette knows.