I don't know but for the lasy 24 yrs when I was in
the US, it seemed to me that "gals" only came out of the mouths of people who
were from the poodle skirt/bobby sox generation and coming of age in 1968,
I was a little more flower power, "gals" always felt sexist to me.
But you know, whatever??? Very subjective. Quite frankly I loved the way
midwives here referred to each other as "the girls" whether the "girls" were 25
or 65 when I came back. It never felt demeaning or sexist. But I guess it could
be. So, I prefer "girls" to "gals" by heaps...
but really like being called marilyn (though when I
was little the other kids couldn't say it so I was most often called maldren and
in the US have been called Maryland (don't like that at all) and by some
merrilyn which I have to really listen to to catch the difference. Hey! at least
we don't have to wear the veil. I remember my mum going from the linen/voil veil
to the paper one. And that was after the war when she wore the cutist kahki
jumpsuit, boots and great leather belt as well as a revolver. It must have been
quite a change. The jumpsuit was comfy and cool 'cos I wore it in the
70's to uni. Unfortunately, I grew out of it. What in a name she
says....
heaps
marilyn
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