TomTeriffic
Active member
The word GIRL should not be used any more often for a young female than BOY is used for a young male in the English-speaking culture.
Formal gender words should not be mixed with informal gender words.
Formal gender pairs:
man and woman
boy and girl
lady and gentleman
man and girl (a grown male and an underage female)
woman and boy (a grown female and an underage male)
young man and young lady
younger man and younger woman
Informal gender pairs:
fellow and dame, The fellow treats his dame right.
guy and gal, There was a guy and gal on a motorcycle.
chap and chick, The chap was driving a Toyota with a hot chick in the b___ seat.
dude and doll, The dudes wore baseball hats and the dolls wore flowers in their hats at the party.
fellow and filly, A fellow in a black Stetson was dancing with a young filly at the saloon.
guy and doll, The guys and dolls were in Model T Fords.
fellow and damsel, A fine fellow on his high horse rescued the damsel from the mountain lion.
I frown upon formal and informal gender word pairings:
guy and girl, In high school, there were GIRLS rooms but no GUYS rooms. The male restrooms were labeled as BOYS.
fellow and girl, There was a fellow in a brown hat and girl in a green dress at the bus stop. (Was the girl a female child?) I would use FELLOW and GAL here.
Formal gender words should not be mixed with informal gender words.
Formal gender pairs:
man and woman
boy and girl
lady and gentleman
man and girl (a grown male and an underage female)
woman and boy (a grown female and an underage male)
young man and young lady
younger man and younger woman
Informal gender pairs:
fellow and dame, The fellow treats his dame right.
guy and gal, There was a guy and gal on a motorcycle.
chap and chick, The chap was driving a Toyota with a hot chick in the b___ seat.
dude and doll, The dudes wore baseball hats and the dolls wore flowers in their hats at the party.
fellow and filly, A fellow in a black Stetson was dancing with a young filly at the saloon.
guy and doll, The guys and dolls were in Model T Fords.
fellow and damsel, A fine fellow on his high horse rescued the damsel from the mountain lion.
I frown upon formal and informal gender word pairings:
guy and girl, In high school, there were GIRLS rooms but no GUYS rooms. The male restrooms were labeled as BOYS.
fellow and girl, There was a fellow in a brown hat and girl in a green dress at the bus stop. (Was the girl a female child?) I would use FELLOW and GAL here.
