I use the word "ladies" when I tell a mom and daughter(s) at the bookstore to "Have a good week, ladies!" The daughters are usually very young, and they get a kick out of being called "lady." I use the word "gentlemen" in similar situations with men and their sons, so I'm being equally old-fashioned.
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
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Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
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Kathy A - Aug 13, 2008 10:23:26 am PDT #1463 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
erikaj - Aug 13, 2008 10:23:53 am PDT #1464 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Another place for "female"--police reports. Where I'd be female cauc, blonde/blue, 34.possibly armed with nailgun. "Ladies" will always make me think of Jean Harris' prison memoir."They Always Call Us Ladies" And the group home I used to live in. Because I made a Big Deal about no longer being a girl. So I got Jean Harris instead. Sigh. But I still say if all the other apartments were full of women, and there were 2 guys, they wouldn't make them "the boys"
erikaj - Aug 13, 2008 10:24:01 am PDT #1465 of 10001
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smonster - Aug 13, 2008 10:25:31 am PDT #1466 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Heh. With teams named after bees, wasps, and the like, I always think they should go for biological accuracy. Make the women's team the Yellow Jackets and men's team the Doomed Stingerless Drones.
It's my turn to fangirl!
OMG amych is so hot.
Laga - Aug 13, 2008 10:26:13 am PDT #1467 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
This talk of, 'just because The Lady Vols do it doesn't make it OK' reminds me of the Washington Redskins. WTF is up with that name? I bristle every time I hear it. Not enough to, you know, actually do anything about it but sheesh! What century is this?
On the other hand it was only recently that I found out "midget" is as bad a derogatory term as any. My edumacation never ends.
erikaj - Aug 13, 2008 10:26:18 am PDT #1468 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
In other news, I'm glad "Flipping Out" is over. I was beginning to become obsessed with the L.A. real estate market. And Psycho Jeff...
Glamcookie - Aug 13, 2008 10:26:35 am PDT #1469 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Just think of us as your... bra, that's how supportive we are. A big, frilly-lace, underwire, half-a-dozen stays, strapping into battle armor, anti-sag device. Also, w00t, getting married!
Love this like whoa!
Oh, I also use ladies when I'm at the juvenile hall, which cracks DF up. When they start getting too wild, I'll say, "Okay ladies, let's bring it down a notch." And it works!
Glamcookie - Aug 13, 2008 10:27:27 am PDT #1470 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
On the other hand it was only recently that I found out "midget" is as bad a derogatory term as any.
DF says the appropriate terminology is "little person," but sometimes she lies.
erikaj - Aug 13, 2008 10:30:06 am PDT #1471 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I believe that is preferred by most little people, yes. Somewhere there is an Indian team that plays as the Whiteys, complete with Colonel Sanders-like mascot.
Hil R. - Aug 13, 2008 10:30:50 am PDT #1472 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
According to "Little People, Big World," either "little person" or "dwarf" is appropriate, with "little person" or "LP" seeming to be preferred.