jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (12/14/83)
I know a woman in Alaska (at least, I think she's still there) named Larri.
Close, anyway. She's named after her father.
A girl is an immature female. A woman is a mature one. Maturity is not
automatically obtained upon turning 18. If a 25 year old female is acting
in a way which seems to me to be immature, I'm probably going to think of
her as a girl. A 25 year old female that I work with I would likely think
of as a woman.
But what about when I get old? People of grandparent age often refer to
people in their 20's as "kids"; likely they think of women in their 20's
as "girls". Taking offense at this implies a self-absorption that leaves me
breathless. I presume the authors of the recent complaints about "girls" did
not have this situation in mind.
Wondering why I think it's important,
Jeff Winslow