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Might it have something to do with syllables? Assuming you're using the word in a context like "____, it's time you and I had a talk..." or something, "son" is a lot easier to say than "daughter"...and it sounds less formal too. But then again, who am I to know? 
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I'm sure you've hit the nail on the head with the syllables assumption when it comes to the "gars" and "fille" use in French.
I wish there was a way I could put sound bites here so I could say it the way a person would here. The tone is abrupt, and a bit scolding, so a shorter word works better.
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I also think you're on to something there, gonol (still trying to come up with a nickname for you!). In Portuguese, as in Spanish and French, the two words share the same number of syllables: filho and filha. And they are used in the same way, with the same currency, as "son" is used in Inglês.
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a nickname for you
help me, thronda...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Thanks for the earworm, Düüüde.
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>number of syllables.
This seems to be true of Hindi, or at least of Bollywood Hindi, in which "beta" (son) and "beti" (daughter) are used as an AToE more less equally.
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I think that goldenrod will get a nickname eventually.
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get a nickname eventually
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carefull there, she'll become spoiled with all the attention, it's well known, spare the golden rod, spoil the child
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Hey, Helen? I sure am glad you're here!
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