[net.women] Addendum to West vs. East

waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (08/26/83)

Notice that I am talking about dialects, and not the institution
of proper titles (although certain titles for jobs that originated
here, such as "cowboy" certainly had their roots in a male dominated
profession; also note that "cowgirl" has been perfectly acceptable
for years, too).  To put it another way, the way people reference 
others in their natural speech patterns in one part of the U.S. as
opposed to another.

                                clear as glass,

                                Walt

stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (08/29/83)

	However, a cowgirl (as used where I grew up in Cal and Ore)
	is NOT! a female cowboy.  A cowgirl is a girl who dresses up
	in a fancy denim skirt, dances the two-step, bows low to her
	man, and is a nice decoration at rodeos.  A cowboy is a rodeo
	participant, a beer drinker, a master horse handler, and all
	around macho man.  So to use cowgirl/cowboy as an example of
	designations of equals bu sex is not to my understanding.  I
	think "ranch-hands" is the word you were looking for.

	don stanwyck : ..!ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck : 312-979-6667 : btl @ il