Comments on: Short bits and wordy considerations http://prettyprettypretty.com/2008/07/08/short-bits-and-wordy-considerations/ All that's pretty and fun and shiny Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robyn http://prettyprettypretty.com/2008/07/08/short-bits-and-wordy-considerations/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Robyn Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:52:07 +0000 http://prettyprettypretty.com/?p=108#comment-354 The Oxford English Dictionary used to have two spellings: girly meant "like a girl", as in girly shoes. girlie was the diminutive, as in girlie magazine. But now they just use the one spelling, um, but I can't remember which. My least favourite euphemism for the customers of the above mentioned clothing shops is "real women", because it implies that only overweight women are "real" and that thin women are somehow fake. The Oxford English Dictionary used to have two spellings:
girly meant “like a girl”, as in girly shoes.
girlie was the diminutive, as in girlie magazine.
But now they just use the one spelling, um, but I can’t remember which.

My least favourite euphemism for the customers of the above mentioned clothing shops is “real women”, because it implies that only overweight women are “real” and that thin women are somehow fake.

]]> By: Martha http://prettyprettypretty.com/2008/07/08/short-bits-and-wordy-considerations/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Martha Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:40:58 +0000 http://prettyprettypretty.com/?p=108#comment-353 I actually feel best with the word "woman", and my boys call women "women", which I love, and it shocks old ladies. Sigh, there you go, old LADIES. I don't like being called a "girl", by say, a Tupperware salesperson, but then I'd have no qualms with you saying "come on over girls", or "ladies" for that matter. I think I simply don't like some people, and so pick on their language use. I'm a hypocrite, and extremely long-winded. I actually feel best with the word “woman”, and my boys call women “women”, which I love, and it shocks old ladies. Sigh, there you go, old LADIES. I don’t like being called a “girl”, by say, a Tupperware salesperson, but then I’d have no qualms with you saying “come on over girls”, or “ladies” for that matter. I think I simply don’t like some people, and so pick on their language use. I’m a hypocrite, and extremely long-winded.

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