I say chaps...


I say chaps...

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I don't understand what's wrong with it. And why should it matter to you what other people call them??
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Nevermind.

Edited by imnofreak: 25/10/2010 04:16:03 PM
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what the fuck does it matter!?

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Is there any chance youse blokes could stop referring to the members of the women's national association football team as "girls"?


i hope you're joking
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It would be like calling the boys or lads 'gentlemen' or 'chaps'
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I refer to men's sides as the 'boys' or 'lads' - why would I say 'ladies' or 'women' when I can say 'girls'?

It's not denigrating or demeaning - it's a term of endearment and familiarity.
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Absolutely not. There are the boys (mens side), the girls (women's) and the kids (age group).

I refuse to change the way I refer to all of these, as changing one would equate to sexism and ineqality :)
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Is there any chance youse blokes could stop referring to the members of the women's national association football team as "girls"?

I know you give them good coverage and aren't meaning to denigrate them in anyway but "girls" is a bit errr... 1970s.
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