why do we say "oh man!"  or "Oh Boy!". but never "oh woman!" and "Oh Girl" ?
483141
I've heard "Oh girl!" before.  "Oh woman!" obviously has too many syllables.
1065777
tu es jolie\n\nwould be the usual way to say this (it is pronounced the same way for male and female)\n\ntu es tres beau / belle\n\nsounds a bit over the top to me. if i heard someone say it i would assume they were smarming.
704427
yes it is. there are some adjectives that end with -ης and describe both a male and a female.
383804
Because it would sound funny to say "Merry Thanksgiving" or "Jolly 4th of July" or "Funtabulous Valentine's Day." As Americans, our vocabularies tend to be sparse. We pick one word with which we are comfortable (happy) and stick to it. Christmas... I guess that's the exception to the rule. I suppose it's because we've heard it our entire lives.
519182
because we are not boys and men! lol.....
508755
"Little boy" or "small boy". Not little man.
176453
Personal pronouns also have gender.\n\nFor instance, "he" is singular in number, third person, and masculine in gender.  ("She" is feminine, and "it" is neuter.)
732816
Times, they are a changing....\n\nMiss was used commonly up to about 20-30 years ago.  It was used to indicate "never been married".  It is used still by older women (typically 70+), and girls under the age of, say 20.  \n\nMs was "invented" in the 60s to create a salutation such as the "Mr." where marital status was not indicated by how a person was addressed.  It is not about "hiding it" or avoiding it, it is about addressing the person, and not if or who they were married to.  For example, up until the 60s women were addressed (commonly) as Mrs. John Smith, rather than by their own name.  Wierd - I know.  \n\nMany women opt to use one or the other, which is really the best part about the women's movement.  We have a choice.  :o)
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It depends on the gender\nIf you're a boy:\nAnd you tell it to a girl: Anee Ohev Otach\nand to a boy: Anee Ohev Otcha\n\nAnd if you're a girl:\nto a boy: Anee Ohevet Otcha\nto a girl: Anee Ohevet Otach
61739
WHAT??  No they probably don't, because we don't!!  Gross!\nI'm all about "to each their own", but let's not throw around the word "women", when you should really be saying,\n"I, find two men....."
483310
In my opinion, and it is only an opinion, when man started using language he began with small (short) words e.g. I, me, you, is, food, game, etc.  As we became more sophisticated we chose to assign words to concepts and more complex thoughts.  Let's face it "I, me, and you" are much simpler concepts than "abbreviation, multinational, and so on".\n\nOK, for what ever it is worth, there is my idea...  We simply ran out of short words.
111187
although i am a woman,i will say tha we have some strage behaviour.a woman calls herself a girl to feel young or to try to make people see them as girls(though it doesnt allways work,naturaly)and girls call themselves women to feel mature,or to apeal to guys.
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As a matter of fact, the "our" and "or" in these words WERE pronounced differently.\n\nIn Old English (and many other Germanic languages) adding of an ending with and i/y type vowel (in this case it was originally -ig,  now -y) caused a type of "vowel harmony" (or "metaphony")  in which the vowel of the accented syllable became more like that of the suffix.  This specific type is called "umlaut"  of "i-mutation".   It typically causes the changed vowel to become shorter and/or move toward the front of mouth ("fronting")\n\nIt is easier to see in the case of "five" vs. "fifty".   German did the same sort of thing.   One of the best examples that English speakers may know is the word "Frau" ("woman") which is pronounced "frow", but when it adds the suffix "-lein" to became "Fräulein", pronounced "froyline" (notice the i/y sound in the first syllable!)\n\nThis shift in English is also the origin of some of our unusual plural forms:  goose > geese; foot > feet; mouse > mice;  man > men.  Also a result of this change:  long > length; hale > health; old > elder.
846455
Wow I havent really heard people say a jean or a pant. But if that's true, wow i would go nuts! It just doesnt sound right. Why do people insist on speaking incorrectly? Slang is okay but still, to change the rules of language are just messed up. I'd correct them if i heard them saying that.
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Punctuation as well....\n\nA group of men & women were given these words and asked to punctuate them.\n\n"Woman without her man is usless"\n\nThe men said:\n"Woman, without her man, is useless."\n\nThe women said:\n"Woman, without her, man is useless."
860306
Yes, it's just a 'cutesy' variation on 'wife'!\n\nA bit like turning the name 'Betty' into 'Bettywetty' or 'Bettikins'..!!\n\nUsed in private, it's probably just mildly annoying to the woman, but some men use the word 'wifey' as an insult to their own - or someone else's - wife, "Oi, mate! How's your wifey today, eh? Still giving your ears a bashing?? Eh??!"\n\nRemember, a 'wifey' is implied to be mentally inferior to a 'wife', so be careful how you use the word!
674460
Women are more vocal then men all around. We are comfortable expressing ourselves in all areas, so why not this one too?