Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!pesnta!hplabs!sdcrdcf!barryg From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Keyword: GIRLS Message-ID: <1825@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 15:37:53 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1825 Posted: Sat Mar 9 15:37:53 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 07:22:18 EST References: <2021@inmet.UUCP> Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 15 Summary: "Girl" also used to be used by members of my mother's generation to describe a dayworker or maid, who might be older than the speaker but was definitely lower status. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard "girl" used to describe someone MORE powerful than the speaker. (Same thing goes for the adjective "cute" which is normally reserved for babies, playful dogs and cats, and ingenue-type people.) Random House dictionary incidentally defines girl as female child or young person; young unmarried woman, female servant or employee, or man's or boy's sweetheart; (informal) woman. --Lee Gold