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Chicks
I see that the Dixie Chicks have officially changed their band name to The Chicks.
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I think it’s as stupid and cowardly as most “woke” nonsense.
On the other hand, if it means that calling girls “chicks” is back in fashion, I’m totally down with that. Perhaps, if we’re lucky, “birds” and “dames” will make a comeback as well.
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Maybe not to you. I’m sure a passel of Pennsylvanians were not pleased.
There has to be some other Englishman who said it as well as him. The English still say bird as a reference to females and they still say it quite as well.
An old Latvian professor who liked american usage once described to me the cause of his recent bicycle accident injury as “being hit by a broad, broadside, in broad daylight.” I guess it wasn’t out of the question with him, but this was a few forty something years ago.
Now that reminds me of an old professor from a time before now who used the phrase, “Cute little tomato,” especially for some airy-headed female student.
You’re doomed.
Not a surprise to me.
Okay, girl!
Good point. The Confederate States considered themselves a separate nation, so fighting on Northern soil was technically invading another country . . .
Yeah, the north did.
The north deprived Southerners of their citizenship. The defeated population had to swear a loyalty oath to the United States to regain their rights, such as voting. Many refused to do so . . .
Kind of inconsistent, wasn’t it?
How could they do that? I concede that the Confederacy could strip them of Confederate citizenship, but not US citizenship. Only the US could do that.
Which Part?
All of her?
Meh. Eggs in need of breaking.
The etymology of that one is interesting. It does not derive from the word broad meaning “wide”.
Instead, it derives from the word abroadwife, meaning a woman who lives or travels apart from her husband. i.e. an adulteress.
(Another fun fact: Adultery does not derive from the word adult. Instead, it derives from the Latin ad and alter. Ad=towards, and alter=the other or second. i.e. “Towards the alternate.”)
Maybe it would help literacy in general if we started uses a more correct spelling: adaltery.
Just please, please don’t say You go girl!
Once again, I’m guilty of wrongthink…..:P
More like The Unknowns.
Right now, tribute bands are very popular; local bands that mimic famous classic rock bands.
(Why? What’s wrong with doing original material? This way the audience knows what to expect.)
And also right now, there are a lot of female tribute rock bands. And they’ve got names like:
Led Zeppelin tribute bands, especially:
(Yes, these are all real.)
I did not want to read this.
Yeah. They’re the guys that beat us in The Great War. Hence the adjective . . .
The new definition is the ones who come south and stay.
Guys who give Lola whatever she wants?
When someone becomes a US citizen, are they not stripped of their previous citizenship? I was under the impression that the US does not recognize dual citizenship.
Yes. I’m trying to bring “birds” back among my peers. It isn’t really taking. Typical. Further, I think bringing “pecker” back would be a step back in the direction towards polite society. A modest attainment, I know.
It’s not consistent.
I thought it was other countries that tended to force that choice. You could be right though. It’s a moot point for me, I’m pure Americano.
Oh Arahant. You’re being so petty about that whole Gettysburg thing.