The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 6 months agoEverett True teaches a rude man to respect women [Outbursts of Everett True, 1914]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down112
arrow-up1398arrow-down1imageEverett True teaches a rude man to respect women [Outbursts of Everett True, 1914]lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoEtymology isn’t relevant to how a word is used now. I can guarantee you that nobody hears the word “lady” and thinks “They just called me a bread-maker! How rude!”
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Etymology isn’t relevant to how a word is used now. I can guarantee you that nobody hears the word “lady” and thinks “They just called me a bread-maker! How rude!”