--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > It's not standard English, at least in the USA, to refer to a grown > woman as a "girl" these days. Women's Libbers called men on it all > the time in the 70's because it is belittling someone else by > implying that you are older and wiser.
The poor men. Originally it was intended as a compliment, suggesting that the female in question was still in the full bloom of youth and therefore physically attractive. Of course that was sexist in and of itself, but that was in the days before we knew there was such a thing as sexism. Nowadays, if you want to casually address a group of women, instead of saying, "Hey, girls," or "Hey, ladies," you say, "Hey, guys..." As Barry would say, Go figure. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
