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From: sommers@topaz.ARPA (Liz Sommers)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: girls/women discussion
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 14:41:24 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 17 14:41:24 1985
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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(I do not believe)

I will occasionally call a woman girl as in "Girl, you don't really want
to do that."  This is a street idiom I picked up in my youth, I only speak
it with very close friends who understand the context, take it as a
friendly, affectionate gesture, and will not be offended.  It means, I
love you, I can be young with you, hey, lets be young together.

Mike calls me "Woman."  Sometimes he will just stare at me and say
"woman".  I take this as one of his highest complements...took me a long
time to grow into the woman I am now.

I find that I use the term woman for students whom I respect and all
females over the age of 21.  When speaking of really ditzy coeds, I will
probably call them girls.  Woman is something you grow into.
-- 
liz sommers
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