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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Howdy, Pardner #109215 08/13/03 10:11 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA People of the same gender who are coupled tend not to refer to their opposite as a spouse, but rather as their "partner." What is wrong with calling these relationships "partnerships"? Or is it too much like the business usage of this term? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) modestgoddess 08/04/03 02:28 AM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Wordwind 08/04/03 02:43 AM Re: Marriage Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/03 02:56 AM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Bingley 08/04/03 03:29 AM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/03 01:10 PM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Faldage 08/04/03 01:25 PM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/03 04:22 PM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) modestgoddess 08/04/03 08:12 PM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Jackie 08/05/03 01:39 AM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) modestgoddess 08/05/03 03:26 AM Re:Homarriage Faldage 08/05/03 09:28 AM Re:Homarriage Buffalo Shrdlu 08/05/03 01:11 PM Re:Homarriage modestgoddess 08/05/03 01:33 PM Re:Homarriage Buffalo Shrdlu 08/05/03 05:23 PM Re:Homarriage modestgoddess 08/05/03 05:43 PM Re:Homarriage Buffalo Shrdlu 08/05/03 07:19 PM Re:Homarriage maahey 08/05/03 07:36 PM Re: Consential Union wow 08/05/03 09:29 PM Howdy, Pardner Father Steve 08/13/03 10:11 PM Re: Howdy, Pardner vbq 08/16/03 12:32 AM Africa can cope dodyskin 08/16/03 06:17 AM Re: Africa can cope RhubarbCommando 08/19/03 12:43 PM Histrionics AnnaStrophic 08/19/03 01:55 PM Re: Histrionics Jackie 08/20/03 12:54 AM Re: Histrionics nancyk 08/20/03 10:08 PM Re: Marriage (cross-threading but not cross-dressing!) Bobyoungbalt 08/05/03 03:10 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,383 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 234 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,570 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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