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>This is between strangers, right? You can still call your loved
>ones "dear", "honey", "dar" etc?
>Sunnan
Yes, I am referring to workplace situations -- employee/boss,
worker/customer, employee/employee, -- and other stranger-
on-the-street situatio
At work there is a guy who refers to everyone (male and female) as "babe"
one of the new workers didn't realize this as first and was planning a
sexual harrassment suit.. till she overheared him calling some of the guys
at the office babe.. We all figure it's a cultrual thing.. though I rarly
see
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> of homophobic earshot). By their very nature, these terms are
> female. From my 32-year-old, Detroit raised vantage point ...
>
> Male to Female: is by far the most common use I see and virtually
> always comes off as sexist or with sexual overtones
>
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> of homophobic earshot). By their very nature, these terms are
> female. From my 32-year-old, Detroit raised vantage point ...
>
> Male to Female: is by far the most common use I see and virtually
> always comes off as sexist or with sexual overtones
>
> Femal
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J. B. wrote:
>Are you perchance somewhere in the Southern United States?
>It is a common practice in the South for older persons to refer to
>anyone and everyone as Sugar, Babe, or Darling...and they
>consider it gender neutral. This is starting to f
On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 10:19:06AM -0600, Marlene E. Morley wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, J B wrote:
> >>- - Mary; aka Babe, Sweethart, Darlin', Doll, Little Lady,
> >>Tootsie, Hey Lady, ...
> >
> >Are you perchance somewhere in the Southern United States?
> >It is a common practice in the South
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, J B wrote:
>>- - Mary; aka Babe, Sweethart, Darlin', Doll, Little Lady,
>>Tootsie, Hey Lady, ...
>
>Are you perchance somewhere in the Southern United States?
>It is a common practice in the South for older persons to refer to anyone
>and everyone as Sugar, Babe, or Darling.
>- - Mary; aka Babe, Sweethart, Darlin', Doll, Little Lady,
>Tootsie, Hey Lady, ...
Are you perchance somewhere in the Southern United States?
It is a common practice in the South for older persons to refer to anyone
and everyone as Sugar, Babe, or Darling...and they consider it gender
neu
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>So I was pretty surprised to receive an email the other day,
>addressed to three of us in IT (two of the guys, and me), which
>started
>"Gentlemen, "
>I'm wondering whether to address my next email to him
>"Ladies, " :)
I currently work in r
> So I was pretty surprised to receive an email the other day, addressed to
> three of us in IT (two of the guys, and me), which started
>
> "Gentlemen, "
>
...
> I'm not so much offended by it, it was a pretty minor mistake to make. But
> I'm just really surprised that he routinely start
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