Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!erik From: erik@ssc-vax.UUCP (Erik Strom) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Is 'woman' better than 'girl'? Message-ID: <101@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 13:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.101 Posted: Wed Sep 19 13:05:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 19:36:16 EDT Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 12 I'm glad to see this hashing out of the girl/woman issue, since it gives me a chance to ask this. Having gone through the various phases of growing up and seeing the eventual discouragement of such terms as chicks, babes, girls, etc..., I've switched to using the term gal without running into any apparrent resentment or ridicule. It seems as if this might be reasonable compromise, any comments? From the lair of the Big E Erik !uw-beaver!ssc-vax!erik