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Genderisms |
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By: Jack Date: December 31, 2024, 1:07 pm |
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I've been reading a lot of stories by David M. Katz and St. |
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George/Kat recently. |
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Now, let me say that Kat is right at a year younger than me, and |
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we grew up maybe an hour away from each other, so we have a LOT |
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of similar life experiences. David, on the other hand, not |
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quite as much. |
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In David's stories, I've noticed several times where he has guys |
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call their sons "Honey." Every single time that bothers me. |
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Not that I mind using affectionate terms for you son. It's just |
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that, in my experience, Honey is a term mostly used by women, |
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and not often towards men. On the rare occasion I've heard a |
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man using it, it was to a woman. |
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Doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it, and it took me a |
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while to realize why it sounded weird. I was just wondering if |
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you've come across terms like that being used in ways that are |
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unfamiliar to you. |
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Re: Genderisms |
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By: Zyngaru Date: December 31, 2024, 1:23 pm |
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In the south, yes, I know that Texas is considered part of the |
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south, but not really, Texas is a Republic, a country of its |
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own, but I digress. In the real south nicknames like Sweety and |
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sweetheart are used for children regardless of gender. Another |
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one used a lot was sweet Pea. Honey is also used. On the flip |
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side, names like heathen and little devil are also used. |
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There are a lot more names used for children but my brain isn't |
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remembering them right now. |
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I didn't use them in my stories because of how they would sound |
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to readers who aren't from the deep south. I am surprised that |
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DMK uses Honey because he isn't really from the deep south, but |
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he is from where two parts of my ancestry call home with |
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homesteads there to this day. We are the true Hilly-Billie's. |
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Re: Genderisms |
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By: squarecutter Date: January 4, 2025, 7:22 pm |
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Think dads might use it for very little boys up to school age |
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but yep I think a lot of boys in the UK may not appreciate it |
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other than from their Mums. Theyd prefer tiger or buster, a bit |
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more macho |
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