Yes, Ann is correct. I looked it up - means a "non-professional" - which is the spirit in which I used it.
>________________________________ > From: Ann <awoelfleba...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:19 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read this >book? > > > >I think Emily, being a strong and independent sort of WOMAN, could easily have >written "layman" which is what we all usually default to. But she chose, quite >consciously, to use "woman" in there, just as I would have. It isn't >"divisive" or "prickly" it is simply giving the feminine its just recognition. >It is a measure of her thoughtfulness. At least, that is what I think. > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: >> >> >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: >> > >> > >> > I will look up the word laywoman - ha. Â That's funny. Â >> > >> > >> >> Yep, like Turq I too wondered when I read across that particular word and >> weighed it. Emily was seeming rather hard on her own sex when it could have >> just as easily been about 'people'. Seemed like it was too prickly and >> needlessly divisive in a usage, sort of like a construction of a 'Men Only' >> meeting in the Fairfield community the other evening. >> -Buck >> >> > >> > >________________________________ >> > > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> >> > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:04 AM >> > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read >> > >this book? >> > > >> > > >> > >Â >> > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> I just finished this book. It is quite accessible to >> > >> a laywoman such as myself and is quite fascinating >> > >> from many perspectives. Â >> > > >> > >I have not read the book, and in fact have no >> > >interest whatsoever in reading or hearing about >> > >people's NDE experiences; I'll find out what, if >> > >anything, happens after death soon enough, when >> > >I have a DE. >> > > >> > >The only reason I'm writing is to comment on your >> > >use of the word "laywoman." I understand the usage, >> > >but am just pointing out that you might reconsider >> > >the term because the last time I heard it, it was >> > >being used by an Amsterdam prostitute to describe >> > >what she did for a living. :-) >> > > >> > >Should anyone be so humor-impaired as to no longer >> > >be able to recognize one, this was a joke. >> > > >> > >As for NDE's, IMO more people should be concerned >> > >with having NLE's than NDE's. That is, they're so >> > >worried/concerned/planning for what happens after >> > >death that they miss Life entirely. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > >
