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In reply to the discussion: One phrase that always sticks in my craw: referring to a married woman's former name as "Maiden" [View all]niyad
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One phrase that always sticks in my craw: referring to a married woman's former name as "Maiden" [View all]
pink-o
Mar 2013
OP
I know a guy that never got over his wife not taking his name. If you knew what it was you
brewens
Mar 2013
#44
Well considering I don't own a spinning wheel and get my yarn at Beverly's like everyone else...
pink-o
Mar 2013
#11
I don't think that gets used very much, does it? It also doesn't imply something
TwilightGardener
Mar 2013
#27
No, there should be an equivalent "polite" word like matron, or matronly--
TwilightGardener
Mar 2013
#22
No...unless wedding parties have a "Coot of Honor", or "Best Coot", it's not
TwilightGardener
Mar 2013
#29
Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women, has a great song for older women - Silver Beaver
Hestia
Mar 2013
#53
Geezer is usually applied only to men. I'd rather be a matron than a geezer. nt
valerief
Mar 2013
#80
semantics ARE part of the issue, not a distraction. words matter, the power of naming matters,
niyad
Mar 2013
#7
a typical dismissal of the importance of the power of naming, but, alas, completely unsurprising.
niyad
Mar 2013
#19
Who is foaming at the mouth? OP said she doesn't like it. That's not foaming at the mouth.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#132
I always think it's funny to see concerns derided out of an inability to multitask. eom
uppityperson
Mar 2013
#28
Not derided. Encouraged. It's always interesting to see what people are most concerned about (nt)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#32
and you have dismissed those concerns as being insignificant and not serious. but, as I said,
niyad
Mar 2013
#39
What specifically leads you to believe that concern with one issue denies the existence...
LanternWaste
Mar 2013
#102
My daughter kept her birth name...I was very happy...husband was reluctantly OK with that.
Auntie Bush
Mar 2013
#48
"husband and wife are one under the law--and that one is the husband"--blackwell
niyad
Mar 2013
#114
For that matter, how about brides wearing white for virginity, throwing rice at a couple who's
raccoon
Mar 2013
#33
Well, then, by all means you should wear one. And those who don't see the point
Squinch
Mar 2013
#133
Fantasy novels like all fiction and non-fiction alike have to be grammatically correct
Cleita
Mar 2013
#92
The meaning of the word has drifted over the centuries. Here's a contemporary dictionary entry:
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#109
It's earliest recorded use in English is as a translation of 'puella'
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#119
So is this OP what people are talking about when they say that others are telling them
Squinch
Mar 2013
#134
112 comments on this linguistic bs while congress institutes austerity = what's wrong with the
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#113