On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:06:07 -0500, Roger Turk wrote:
> Eric wrote,
>>> Sam Heywood wrote:
>> ---snip---<
>> Oh, I didn't know our Sheriff was a female woman.
>> ---snip---< ^^^^^^^^
> Is there any other kind of woman?? <g> <<
> On a construction job several years ago, there was a woman laborer who had a
> couple of female points, but could throw a 6 X 6 over her shoulder with the
> best of her male counterparts. In that respect, I would hardly call her a
> female woman. In all other respects, I can't comment.
O.K. folks,
The word "female" is being used incorrectly as it pertains to *this* context.
The word you want in the above example is "feminine".
To sum-up your anecdote... she was a "manly woman".
Or should that be "masculine"??? ;-)
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