Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!sb1!ll1!otuxa!we13!ihnp4!cbosgd!mhuxi!mhuxt!eagle!eagle!san From: san@eagle.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Lakoff Message-ID: <1053@eagle.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Aug-83 13:05:32 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle.1053 Posted: Mon Aug 1 13:05:32 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 02:37:44 EDT Lines: 4 Is it really true that the phrase "woman doctor" is more prevalent and more respectable than "lady doctor" in American English? In British English the phrase "lady doctor" is quite common and I, for one, have never heard "woman doctor".