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[clayhornik]

All right. Occasional typos aside, what is it that makes people think they don't have to spell well on the internet? Please, someone explain this to me. I saw a profile on AOL (stop it. there's crappy English elsewhere on the net as well) where a young "lady*" stated she was from the "souf", she was single and liked being a "whoa", and playing with her "computa".
Linguistic short cuts are somewhat acceptable during instant message conversations, terse statements designed to be read and replied to on the fly. Profiles, on the otherhand, are statements composed to provide a public face to a system of screen names that, on their own make a statement about the user, but only give a small aspect of the whole.
Maybe it's a class thing.** Vulgar is as vulgar does. Being a whore is one thing, but stating that one is a "whoa"# on the internet, is a whole other kettle of fish.

*by putting lady into quote, I'm not quoting her. Nor am I questioning her gender. Lady, to me has always been a mark of... quality, for lack of a better word. Not all females are ladies, nor all ladies female.
Let's see how far I can dig my grave.
I'll shut up now.

** I do not base "class" on economic factors, I base it on comportment.

# I find this terribly amusing for several reasons, least of which is the mental image of something equestrian.

I'm going to stop now... otherwise, I'll come off as a some sort of net facist. And I just don't have the fashion sense to do that.

Comments

[cheekytubemouse.livejournal.com]

Lady, to me has always been a mark of... quality, for lack of a better word. Not all females are ladies, nor all ladies female.

I agree and I don't consider myself a lady. I think "lady" implies a specific sort of refined behavior that isn't present in my personality.

Also, not all males are gentlemen, nor all gentlemen male. :)

Mark of Quality

[ravencadwell.livejournal.com]

My mother always tried to raise a lady, even though I was the worst tomboy as a child. Despite that, I still wound up ok for the most part. I'd like to consider myself a lady, even if my actions on occasion do not reflect this. No one is perfect.
"Not all females are ladies, nor all ladies female"
Very True........
But no matter what, Ladies are always classy......