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ShazzieB

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55. Not everyone from the south.

Fri Apr 21, 2023, 08:56 PM

Apr 2023

I'm familiar with the southern custom of calling people boys and girls rather than men and women, but not everyone is.

I think Southerners like you need to be aware that calling a woman a girl is going to land a lot differently and can be very offensive to people not from the south. You need to realize that some people ARE going to take exception to it and respect that when you are talking to people from anywhere other than the south.

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A pretty girl telling it. [View all] Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 OP

Very well said. underpants Apr 2023 #1

A "pretty girl"? Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #2

At my age Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #3

Her age isn't defined in relation to yours. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #4

One thing I have found on here Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #5

Well, it's sexist. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #8

I think it's stuff like this Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #9

Personally I've enjoyed your posts. Arthur_Frain Apr 2023 #21

How sad. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #62

Please stop. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #56

We have to stop this. NotVeryImportant Apr 2023 #14

It's marvelous that you and jukin just found each other. yardwork Apr 2023 #17

If you think it's beneficial to anyone to remain in a perpetual state of faux outrage NotVeryImportant Apr 2023 #18

I never thought of that!!!! yardwork Apr 2023 #25

go call VPOTUS Harris a girl and I doubt the outrage will be faux Celerity Apr 2023 #44

LOL. n/t FSogol Apr 2023 #23

"You're so sensitive!" "Can't you take a joke?!" Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #43

And, I have to add, the racial component if we happen to be black (or any non white ethnicity, but Celerity Apr 2023 #45

Very true. Women of color are even more likely to get disrespected. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #49

That is really a matter of opinion PatSeg Apr 2023 #28

I think it's a cultural difference ShazzieB Apr 2023 #51

I'm from the south too. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #12

+1.. and there are people on Cha Apr 2023 #53

Not everyone from the south. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #55

I had some other poster tell me a year or 2 ago that any female under 50 was a girl because we are Celerity Apr 2023 #41

Ugh. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #42

Teasing headline and a link. No thank you. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #6

As is your right. Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #7

You'll get less grief in the DU Lounge Hekate Apr 2023 #10

Settle down. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #11

Thanks for sharing that, she is truth-telling nt lostnfound Apr 2023 #13

That's JoJoFromJerz - a very popular twitter account. She's been to the WH to meet Biden Roland99 Apr 2023 #15

I wonder why black men object to being called "boy"... jcgoldie Apr 2023 #16

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You need to meet more women n/t leftstreet Apr 2023 #22

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preach Hamlette Apr 2023 #30

Many women have responded in this thread jcgoldie Apr 2023 #40

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And his buddy Sergei! yardwork Apr 2023 #26

Calling a woman a girl is disrespectful IMHO Mossfern Apr 2023 #27

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This is a discussion board. Mossfern Apr 2023 #31

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I certainly can agree with that! Mossfern Apr 2023 #34

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So everyone who disagrees with you is Ivan? FSogol Apr 2023 #37

This is such a disruptive thread, & I admit, one of the rare ones that actually, when the defensive Celerity Apr 2023 #47

Many of us have that opinion. Hamlette Apr 2023 #35

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You seem to have an easier time tossing the word woke around than just calling a woman a woman. MrsCoffee Apr 2023 #39

I would have been hard pressed not to have snapped and said something not so nice back, and also Celerity Apr 2023 #48

Yeah, and it was a lawyer I admired, Jerry Spence. Hamlette Apr 2023 #52

So you're entitled to spout your opinion but the respondent is not? Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #50

Does it hold more weight? treestar Apr 2023 #61

You could have titled the link "This woman gets it right." Mossfern Apr 2023 #38

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Yes. Cha Apr 2023 #54

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Buh Bye! Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #58

That's a woman, not a girl. Why say she's "pretty"? "A pretty boy telling it" when betsuni Apr 2023 #59

If you did not find he4 to be pretty treestar Apr 2023 #60