Why do girls on yahoo answers always use the words "honey" and "sweetie" in their answer?
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I'm not sure. Maybe they want to make their answer more personal like they are really talking to the person whose question they're answering or maybe they are so used to talking to people like that in real life that it's just a habit.
657460
He He He ... ha ha ha .. Ho Ho Ho .. U know wht am trying to say Honey
699650
Well Sophie.....I too have been wondering this. It seems like the more unintelligent, the more ludicrous. and the more raunchy an answer is the better it is liked. I will not lower my standards and give a smart A** comment just to make someone smile. I try to give information that is factual, honest and sensitive to the question that is being asked. I do not try to offend anyone with stupid of the wall sexual comments. Most people want to write something disgusting and sexually perverse.
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Do you realize how completely annoying it is when people TyPe LiKe ThIs???  And words like beginnners, stockings, skirts answers all end in S, not Z!  Please, just because this is the internet doesn't mean we need to completely abandon basic grammar, spelling and formatting rules.\n\nThank you.
1011137
Probably because they are as stupid as your question.......not to mention your OVER flattering nickname........of course only something YOU would think up!!!!
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They call it "slang"...\n\nWE call it PURE LAZINESS!!!!!!!!\n\nMost times I will CORRECT their spelling before answering their question.  ((See THIS for a REALLY bad/good example: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AibrHxQ8wU5R5siBs5V0lb7sy6IX?qid=1006050616387 ))\n\nIt is sad.\n\nJust plain sad.
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we, women are all honeys... we may not carry bee honey\nbut we are sweet in all aspects... \nwe, women smell better than honey... Ü
961738
Keep in mind, there are a lot of young kids and teenagers on here that mostly have the spelling errors and the weird slang. That's probably what you are seeing on here lately. You are right, though, it's hard to answer a question when somebody messes up most of their spelling or they use nothing but slang. It's nothing against anybody, and I like giving advice, but if people are serious about getting answers to  their questions, they would at least respect other fellow answerer's by using the "Check Spelling" option.
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cuz that sounds a lil weird..but i guess that's only cuz we'v gotten used to hearing bf or gf! ur question makes ppl think a lil...funny!
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I think it's mostly done by people who want to show that they are 'hip' and with the trend of young people on the internet. Either that, or they are concious of the fact they really can't spell, and by doing it on purpose they mask that fact.
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I posted this question quite some time ago. Besides what you mentioned which I totally agree, I also noticed answers like,"huh?", "what?","Are you crazy". They answered in whatever they liked just for the sake of 2 points, can you imagine that? Its like as tho they are making a fool of this useful site. That was why, I even suggested to Yahoo Answers management to automatically scan and remove stupid questions and answers. Once I complained about a question and someone advised me to report my complaint under the abuse column,"report abuse". You can do that too if you find any question or answer violating the YA Community Guidelines. To know the details, please scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on the the YA Community Guidelines.
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It's a longstanding pattern of sexism in assigning labels.\n\nBachelor vs. Old Maid or Spinster\nMan about Town vs. Loose Woman\nGigolo vs. Ho\nPlayer or Stud vs. Easy, Sl*ut or Skank\n\n\nIT'S REVOLTING.  People should think about what they say, and the messages it sends to the people around them - especially their sisters, little brothers, girlfriends, wives, nieces, daughters, sons, etc.  when they hear you use these kinds of sexist terms.\n\nAnd why are Men referred to as 'Guys' while women are very often called 'Girls'  by men (as if we're still children)?  It's insidious sexism.
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Well, Quiet,\n It seems to me that the majority of people here are 20's and below. Their lifestyle has always included instant, within-seconds types of responses. Everything happens at the speed of light, so they ask the question, give it a minute, check the answer then move on to IMing their friend or whatever electronic, flashy toy they're playing with.\n This is meant with no disrespect, its just that they do their thing, get the info they need, and move on. You can tell that they're in a rush, as half of the questions asked are in shortened form, or some kind of electro slang that's popular with the kids now. I mean, if you can't take 5 minutes to properly spell and grammatically check your question, do you really think that they'll be back to give you a rating?\nMy opinion on the issue.\nCheers !!
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It's a part of protecting your privacy. The answers we provide might stir the beehive, so we might not want to reveal our identity to just everybody. That's why we are given the benefit of the a nickname (and anonimity). Of course, downright offensive answers are cowardly.\n\nIf this were a dating service, however, it might be different...
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it depends on who's saying it. and you can sense if it's \ncondescending or not. sarcasm + the word "sweetie" is \ndefinitely condescending.if it's coming from a loved one, \ni'd think nothing of it. Ü
274185
LOL!  I don't know, but will be looking at the answers since my husband uses this expression all the time!
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It's probably just a term of endearment. Some people call everyone "hun" or "babe"