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Subject: Re: Cyndi Lauper?
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 15:18:35 EST
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Sorry for the reposting but the article came through here with
about the first half missing.  I hope this try is more
successful.

Charlie

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> Cyndi Lauper?________________________________________________________________
> .
> .
> .
> The main message of the song, repeated over and over and over, is
> "girls just want to have fun".  If it said "girls want to have fun", that
> would be okay with me (though I'd prefer that "women" be used instead of
> "girls"), but the inclusion of the word "just" makes it offensive.
> 
> 	What do you folks think?
> 		<_Jym_>

I don't know anything about the song -- in fact, I've never heard
it.  But, the offense taken at use of the word "just" intrigues me.

I would never have interpreted the phrase as meaning "girls [sic]*
never ever want to do anything but have fun" as Jym apparently
does.  It seems to me that the "just" construction used in the
phrase is a common colloquial for (at least where I come from).
A common example is the phrase "I just want to be left alone."  I
find it difficult to imagine that anyone would interpret that as
meaning that "I never ever want *anything* except to be left
alone."  I'd interpret that colloquialism as "I'd like to be left
alone for a while" or as "Don't bug me right now."

Perhaps, because I've only seen the phrase out of context as
posted, I'm not getting the full picture.  Do others really find
it offensive [in context, out of context]?

Charlie

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* Before the flames begin, be it known that I am treating "girls"
as an incorrect spelling of "women" |-)