Timeline for What is a female or gender neutral form of gentleman that relays the same tone of respect?
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| Jul 11, 2022 at 19:18 | comment | added | Davislor | I still hear ladies used frequently in some regions, especially the southeastern United States, but in my experience, it’s fallen out of fashion on the West Coast and in the Northeast. | |
| Jul 10, 2022 at 21:47 | history | edited | Laurel♦ |
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| Jul 10, 2022 at 21:25 | history | reopened | tchrist♦ | ||
| Nov 5, 2016 at 17:05 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:39 | comment | added | RWL01 | Thanks for all of the input, all the comments were very educational. @Mari-LouA described my intentions the best. I'm not trying to neuter my female customers, I'm trying to use a word that will consistently relay the tone of respect by those whom I'm talking to. Seeing that lady is the corresponding word to gentleman but it can be misinterpreted thereby voiding the purpose of using it, I’ll stick with customer / colleague / vendor when referring to either gender in a conversation. | |
| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:31 | history | edited | RWL01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Updated question title to help clarify the difference between it and similar sounding questions.
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| Jun 9, 2014 at 14:26 | vote | accept | RWL01 | ||
| Jun 9, 2014 at 0:02 | comment | added | Elliott Frisch | Isn't that a general irritation, "listen buddy (or sir), I ain't got all day to stand here..." | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 13:12 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | It is unequivocal that lady is often said when someone wishes to express their irritation or annoyance with a woman: "Listen lady, I ain't got all day to stand here..." The OP is asking for an expression with the similar positive connotations that gentleman has. It is therefore NOT a duplicate question, the two answers provided are lady and therefore do not satisfy the OP's request. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 3:44 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Jun 7, 2014 at 3:24 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Emphasized the OP's request for an appropriate polite term other than "lady"
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| Jun 6, 2014 at 22:04 | history | closed | RegDwigнt | Duplicate of "Gentleman" is to "male" as what is to "female"? [duplicate] | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 20:01 | answer | added | talrnu | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 19:37 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 19:10 | answer | added | guest892748 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 18:16 | comment | added | Chris Cirefice | @ElliottFrisch Sorry, I would have tagged you if I were allowed. I was one character short and your name was the last thing I modified in that comment. | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 18:10 | comment | added | Elliott Frisch | @ChrisCirefice It's spelled "Elliott" not "nobody". That gentleman wouldn't stop calling me nobody. | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 18:09 | comment | added | Chris Cirefice | For work-place specific gender-neutral politically-correct terms refer to the answer by @third-news. Otherwise, as Elliot Frisch has suggested, lady is the term you want. But in my opinion, if you're talking about clients of yours, be gender neutral. Lady can have negative implications in this setting because it is often used in a negative fashion, e.g. That lady wouldn't stop talking about her cat during her visit to my office. However, nobody would say That gentleman wouldn't stop--. There is, unfortunately, a large disparity between the two. Use each in the correct setting. | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 17:14 | answer | added | Third News | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 16:48 | comment | added | Elliott Frisch | @ChrisSunami The answer isn't no. The answer is one of societal convention. If you frequently thank your customers who are male with "thank you gentlemen", then you should thank your customers who are female with "thank you ladies" - not "thank you gentle persons"; because that is respectful, women are not neuter and to do otherwise is condescending. | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 15:46 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/474940392735920128 | ||
| Jun 6, 2014 at 15:15 | comment | added | Chris Sunami | Most of the answers are missing the whole point of this question: Gentleman retains connotations of respect that Lady has largely lost, so is there a current conversational way of referring to a female customer that does carry those connotations more strongly than lady? The answer may be "no" but that doesn't make it a bad question. | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 15:12 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 6, 2014 at 15:10 | answer | added | Elian | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 15:03 | answer | added | Andy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 14:54 | answer | added | Elliott Frisch | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 14:54 | comment | added | ermanen | Lady is appropriate. | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 14:54 | answer | added | seagull | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 6, 2014 at 14:52 | history | asked | RWL01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |