[mythtv-users] references to "significant other"

[Grant Edwards]

> >i would respectfully request that people on this list stop referrring to 
> >"the wife" as though they were a completely different (and inferior) 
> >species.
> 
> Wewh!  Good thing you didn't say anything about "the girlfriend". 
> Broads hate that.

So do chicks and dames.

On another completely off-topic tangent: I find it fascinating
that (at least if you're under 40) "guys" is now a completely
sex-neutral collective noun. However, in the singular it still
refers to a male.  I don't know of anybody who would think
twice upon hearing a group of females refered to casually as
"those guys" or address as "you guys".  Refer to a singular
female as "that guy" and people think you're wonky.

Go figure.

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante at visi.com