Native English expressions to address women

Native English expressions to address women
Aug 16, 2009 03:34
guestLeelei	Hello, I am learning Enlish language and culture. How many idiomatic expressions do you have to address women? I collected the following list, but I am not sure which one is appropriate to use on which specified occasions. I can’t figure out why you call women one’s ball and chain, clinging vine, a plaine Jane, or Jail bait. Thanks in advance for your help! 1. old hen 2．spring chicken 3、the little woman 4. one's ball and chain 5. one's old lady 6．Doll 7、skirt 8、clinging vine 9、a plain Jane 10、jail bait

Aug 16, 2009 03:34

guestLeelei

Hello, I am learning Enlish language and culture. How many idiomatic expressions do you have to address women? I collected the following list, but I am not sure which one is appropriate to use on which specified occasions. I can’t figure out why you call women one’s ball and chain, clinging vine, a plaine Jane, or Jail bait. Thanks in advance for your help!
1. old hen
2．spring chicken
3、the little woman
4. one's ball and chain
5. one's old lady
6．Doll
7、skirt
8、clinging vine
9、a plain Jane
10、jail bait

Aug 17, 2009 12:06	#1
SETH Points: Join Date: Feb 22, 2008 Status: Offline	GUESTLEELEI - if I honestly told you the truth about those hideous idiomatic expressions, your brain would ooze out your ears and your eyes would melt. My advice: learn a useful language such as Hindi or Swahili, and leave American English to those best equipt to handle it!

Aug 18, 2009 14:11	#2
SHESGOTTOBE Points: Join Date: Nov 23, 2007 Status: Offline	Jesus! Where and who taught you these to address women? Dump that person or burn that book! To address women in English, you use: Miss (for single women) Mrs. (for married women) Madam (used mostly for older women) Lady Young lady

Aug 18, 2009 22:56	#3
GARYKINKADE Points: Join Date: Jan 8, 2008 Status: Offline	Been reading too many fiction pulp novels and (or) watching too much reality t.v. This is both a question and a statement.

Aug 19, 2009 04:59

DODGER
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I think you all may be being a little harsh on this bloke.
Spoken English in some parts of the UK is almost entirely made up of idioms and slang.
So if you do not have a basic understanding you may well understand the words but not what the speaker is actually meaning to say.
I try not to use idioms in China unless I am speaking to a native speaker because of this very same point.
Perhaps its time for an idiom thread?
Dodger.

Aug 19, 2009 22:48	#5
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	GUESTLEELEI, Honestly, most of the expressions are derogatory terms. To be safe, don't use them to address women. No woman would like you to call her "old hen, one's bail and chain, clinging vine, a plain Jane or jail bait". I know when it comes to learn a new language, the dirty words seem to come to our ears and mouths first, the learning sources are pop novels, soap operas and vulgar films.

Aug 25, 2009 04:57	#6
GUEST04154	You are likely to get punched on faces provided that you call them one's ball and chain.

Aug 26, 2009 21:28	#7
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: Offline	These expressions are the products of sexism. These words should be eradicated as early as possible.

Aug 31, 2009 09:29	#8
YANGOLA Points: Join Date: Aug 29, 2009 Status: Offline	Passing by! i know there hundreds way to address a woman you like. LOL darling hot babe sweetheart honey princess queen pretty little thing my beer my flower my star my air sister little mice baby's mom ~ ~ ~

Mar 28, 2011 18:37	#9
GUEST17820	that's absolutely right, those words are very nonsense and commonly used by people who are out of thier mind.

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