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The least you could do is spell my name right - Annabelle is my nieces given name - a female. In case you didn't notice I inferred that I knew women today who referred to their friends as "girls" . Just to be sure I will check with my kids - ages male 56 and 49 and female ages 53 and 51 - all in your age area. Why do you always carry a big chip on your shoulder? Bob A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "janet paterson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: Re: NONPD: Quite a Feat / testing testing At 13:12 2000/12/06 -0500, sumwun almost but not quite called bob annabelle wrote: >I remember as far back as when I was a teenager >( 70 years ago ) my mother calling her friends >the " girls " and Lord knows how many other women >since using the term for their peers. I guess I >live in a parallel universe or something??? >Bob A. hi bob there were lots of things that were accepted as a norm 70 years ago which have been subject to re-evaluation in the intervening years (and i count my blessings for most of them!) here's a test (or two or three): 1. how would you react to being called a "boy" by a man? 2. how would you react to being called a "boy" by a woman? 3. would you use the term "me and the boys" to refer to you and your male friends? janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/