Presidential Election 2011

[Strparent]

again :offtopic: , paiseh.


Hi Chenonceau,

:salute: :salute: thank u for yr understanding. OK, I will try to refrain from any forms of name labellings......but it's very difficult when I am so one-sided on a particular topic :rotflmao: :rotflmao: All we want is a better Singapore for our children's future.

I also have a young daughter, and a few teenage nieces. I guess if someone called them the 'c' term, I may be slightly worked up.........but my nieces actually beamed with sheepish pride when the boys call her a hot 'c' !! :faint: :faint:

[Chenonceau]

Way2GO:

Am surprised to read dat 'chick' is a derogatory term.

In our younger days, we guys use d term to refer to a young attractive girl in a positive light.
Calling a female 'chicken' would hv been offensive, but 'chick'? hmmm...
If I hv a daughter, I wouldn't mind overhearing guys say of her, 'That's a nice chick'!

It is easy enough to try and justify the term as non-derogatory after it has been used. I actually can prove to you that there was a time and a place where the word \"girl\" actually referred to \"young boy\".

However, examine the context that it was used in, in this thread, and it will be clear that it was meant to be disrespectful. It was a term that connoted \"young\", \"attractive\" and therefore stupid.

[Chenonceau]

Strparent:

again :offtopic: , paiseh.


Hi Chenonceau,

:salute: :salute: thank u for yr understanding. OK, I will try to refrain from any forms of name labellings......but it's very difficult when I am so one-sided on a particular topic :rotflmao: :rotflmao: All we want is a better Singapore for our children's future.

I also have a young daughter, and a few teenage nieces. I guess if someone called them the 'c' term, I may be slightly worked up.........but my nieces actually beamed with sheepish pride when the boys call her a hot 'c' !! :faint: :faint:

Gee... thank you soooooooo much!! Really! I really really appreciate this. You didn't have to do this just 'cos I asked.

:thankyou:

[Way2GO]

Chenonceau:

It is easy enough to try and justify the term as non-derogatory after it has been used. I actually can prove to you that there was a time and a place where the word \"girl\" actually referred to \"young boy\".

However, examine the context that it was used in, in this thread, and it will be clear that it was meant to be disrespectful. It was a term that connoted \"young\", \"attractive\" and therefore stupid.

I wasn't trying to justify d term. Am saying dat was our understanding n usage of d term then n never thot of it as derogatory.
m interested to know..'where the word \"girl\" actually referred to \"young boy\".'
still learning

[SAHM_TAN]

I'm :? and wondering if anyone can shed some light....


I rec a mail from a candidate, in the envelope is a flyer asking for our votes. My question is, he's no longer in gvt, but the envelope state the adults' name living in the address, so how does his supporter know?

I also rec sms from another candidate to support him, but I think that's from some database company. I do take part in a number of wu liao contest. heehee

[Chenonceau]

Way2GO:

Chenonceau:

It is easy enough to try and justify the term as non-derogatory after it has been used. I actually can prove to you that there was a time and a place where the word \"girl\" actually referred to \"young boy\".

However, examine the context that it was used in, in this thread, and it will be clear that it was meant to be disrespectful. It was a term that connoted \"young\", \"attractive\" and therefore stupid.

I wasn't trying to justify d term. Am saying dat was our understanding n usage of d term then n never thot of it as derogatory.
m interested to know..'where the word \"girl\" actually referred to \"young boy\".'
still learning

Hee... it was just a bit of trivia I read somewhere. It seems that in Middle Ages England the word \"girl\" was used to refer to \"young boy\". Language evolves, I guess.

[Way2GO]

Just wondering out loud when old man would weigh in on dis presidential election or is it of no consequence to him whoever wins? Dis EP was his idea to begin with after all.

[Way2GO]

Chenonceau:

Hee... it was just a bit of trivia I read somewhere. It seems that in Middle Ages England the word \"girl\" was used to refer to \"young boy\". Language evolves, I guess.

Yeah, language evolves..
so chick is derogatory now? :rotflmao:

[Mdm Koh]

SAHM_TAN:

I'm :? and wondering if anyone can shed some light....


I rec a mail from a candidate, in the envelope is a flyer asking for our votes. My question is, he's no longer in gvt, but the envelope state the adults' name living in the address, so how does his supporter know?

I also rec sms from another candidate to support him, but I think that's from some database company. I do take part in a number of wu liao contest. heehee

This question was clarified previously. All the candidates can get the names and addresses of the voters from the Elections Department.

[SAHM_TAN]

Mdm Koh:

This question was clarified previously. All the candidates can get the names and addresses of the voters from the Elections Department.

Thanks, I don't follow this thread and with the number of posts, did not know where to start. So I thick-skin a bit and post the qn.

Thanks for the infor.