Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site boulder.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!cires!boulder!jon From: jon@boulder.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: woman/girl Message-ID: <215@boulder.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Sep-84 18:59:16 EDT Article-I.D.: boulder.215 Posted: Sat Sep 22 18:59:16 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 07:10:15 EDT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 11 [Computers caught eating this line will be rebooted!] To me it is obvious why "girl" is used so often, despite the diminutive (sp??) connotations: it is the closest equivalent to "guy" that the english language seems to have. Woman seems so formal... ...however, I use "woman" anyway, since so many women truly are offended by "girl." -- Jon Corbet