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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ #134884 11/15/04 11:50 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada to address another man as ‘son’ is really to call into question the addressee’s masculinity I would say it calls into question maturity and status rather than masculinity since younger generations generally have less authority. Son implies expected obedience to the "father." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Dgeigh 11/05/04 04:15 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Zed 11/05/04 08:23 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughte nancyk 11/05/04 09:11 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ amnow 11/05/04 10:11 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ belMarduk 11/09/04 01:28 AM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ of troy 11/05/04 11:44 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Dgeigh 11/08/04 04:49 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ consuelo 11/08/04 06:40 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ belMarduk 11/09/04 02:00 AM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Wordwind 11/09/04 02:14 AM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Zed 11/15/04 11:50 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughte nancyk 11/16/04 01:46 AM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughte Dgeigh 11/16/04 02:45 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughte dxb 11/16/04 04:26 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughte Jackie 11/17/04 03:50 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ gonoldothrond 11/10/04 06:00 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ belMarduk 11/10/04 10:39 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ AnnaStrophic 11/10/04 10:54 PM Re: Divergent uses of creativity Buffalo Shrdlu 11/10/04 11:04 PM Re: Divergent uses of creativity AnnaStrophic 11/10/04 11:07 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughte sjmaxq 11/10/04 11:10 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Faldage 11/11/04 11:42 AM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Buffalo Shrdlu 11/11/04 12:08 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ of troy 11/11/04 02:12 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ Jackie 11/11/04 03:06 PM Re: Divergent uses of the words ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ plutarch 11/13/04 05:47 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,975 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 2,139 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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