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Lady or woman

English translation: Ladies

10:12 Jul 10, 2008
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Lady or woman
Ladies’ hats or women’s hats

Which is more used in department store?

Thank you!
Mitsuko
Local time: 18:36
Selected answer:Ladies
Explanation:
Ladies' hats
Selected response from:

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:36
Grading comment
I thought that "lady" is "old" word.
Thank you very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +13Ladies
Nesrin


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
lady or woman
Ladies


Explanation:
Ladies' hats

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
I thought that "lady" is "old" word.
Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vincentius Mariatmo: Agree with Nesrin ^^ Ladies is a more specific term than woman.
8 mins
agree  Jack Doughty: "Lady" was always considered a politer term than "Woman", though some feminists seem to find it offensive these days. And I must admit that "Women's Lib" sounds better than "Ladies' Lib"!
32 mins
  -> My family in Egypt are always amused to hear my (UK bred) kids refer to (e.g) the woman cleaning the toilets as a "cleaning lady". Learning English in Egypt, we're taught that a "lady" has to be of a certain class to deserve the word.
agree  Will Matter: Hi, Nesrin.
36 mins
  -> Hi and thanks! :-)
agree  savaria (X)
56 mins
agree  Maria Mandulova
59 mins
agree  orientalhorizon
1 hr
agree  Liam Hamilton
1 hr
agree  Bianca Jacobsohn
2 hrs
agree  NancyLynn
2 hrs
agree  Dana Rinaldi
2 hrs
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
3 hrs
agree  Demi Ebrite
5 hrs
agree  Tatiana N. (X)
5 hrs
neutral  Richard Benham: I once told my then wife that the dog was playing with a "lady's shoe", and hours later, on finding her shoe chewed to bits, she asked "Why didn't you tell me?" I pointed out that I had, and she replied "That's not a lady's shoe; it's my shoe!"h
14 hrs
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