--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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. >
I always knew that "pie hole" was willytex's line but I thought that "go figure" was his, too... 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/
