You'll never please a feminist. If I said 'My wife' I'd be told off for implying ownership.
I've said it before, but there are some on this Forum who seem to have Faux Indignation as their default position. Why some seem to seek out things to be offended by is beyond me.
Our GP practice, and the one at my last place too, had the policy that babies under 18 months always go to the head of the queue ... my GP said it was as much for the benefit of other patients and the reception staff as for the benefit of the baby and parent 😂
Hope Little One (and parents) are ok 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@philippa smith2 we have a he and a she, Harry and Sally respectively.
@Nollie - wench is, for me, a perfectly acceptable term for a woman I do not know, whose knowledge and expertise I accept but to whom, in this case, I cannot warm as a presenter.
"The wife" seems to me to be impersonal, disrespectful , taken for granted. On these boards most of us use OH as code for our other half tho in times of yore, OH was for male other half and BH was used to refer to a better half - usually female..........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
.... wench is, for me, a perfectly acceptable term for a woman I do not know, whose knowledge and expertise I accept but to whom, in this case, I cannot warm as a presenter.
Entirely up to you of course @Obelixx ... but I can assure you that, when you use that word, what you say will be interpreted by a large majority of the UK population as pejorative and derogatory, if not downright rude and insulting.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think two reasonably people can call each other whatever they want, without it being an issue. Some peole like a certain term and others won't It's a bit like Arthur Daley's ' 'er indoors ', or 'pet' in the north east of England etc . All perfectly normal.
I think @wild edges has an obvious sense of humour too, so it's clearly a term that wouldn't cause any problem in his household. I might be wrong of course. Maybe his wife calls him 'that a***hole' when he's out of earshot
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I strongly suspect @wild edges does have a sense of humour or I'd not have said anything about "the wife".
As for "wench" clearly it depends on where you're from in the UK. Some use it as an offensive term and some as an endearment and some as just another word for a person of the female persuasion. We'll have to agree too differ and allow for differences.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Hope Little One (and parents) are ok 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Nollie - wench is, for me, a perfectly acceptable term for a woman I do not know, whose knowledge and expertise I accept but to whom, in this case, I cannot warm as a presenter.
"The wife" seems to me to be impersonal, disrespectful , taken for granted. On these boards most of us use OH as code for our other half tho in times of yore, OH was for male other half and BH was used to refer to a better half - usually female..........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's a bit like Arthur Daley's ' 'er indoors ', or 'pet' in the north east of England etc . All perfectly normal.
I think @wild edges has an obvious sense of humour too, so it's clearly a term that wouldn't cause any problem in his household.
I might be wrong of course. Maybe his wife calls him 'that a***hole' when he's out of earshot
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I can quite happily refer to Hubby as " a skinny , miserable old poof" but pity help anyone else who referred to him as such.
I strongly suspect @wild edges does have a sense of humour or I'd not have said anything about "the wife".
As for "wench" clearly it depends on where you're from in the UK. Some use it as an offensive term and some as an endearment and some as just another word for a person of the female persuasion. We'll have to agree too differ and allow for differences.