Timeline for Difference between "lady" and "woman"?
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| Oct 18, 2017 at 8:03 | comment | added | bigbadmouse | In Engiish english, i think "woman" wounds quite rude when communicating with someone. If I'm with my kids and we are paying in a shop, I always say that "we have to pay the lady before you can open it". | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 15:40 | comment | added | oerkelens | @Merk - actually, at Wimbledon, you can visit gentlemen's tennis. Never say never ;) | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 3:06 | comment | added | Merk | @Rupe: gentleman is the general male equivalent of lady, but not always: one goes to the "ladies' room" or the "men's room" to go the the washroom/restroom/bathroom, never to the "gentlemen's room". Also, there is the sport of "ladies' tennis" (or, my preference, "women's tennis"), as well as "men's tennis", but never "gentlemen's tennis", and so on for several other sports. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 19:38 | comment | added | ClickRick | @Mitch Even in (British) English, using the term "lady" would be seen either as more formal or else as stylistic, perhaps (depending on the context) even bordering on pretentious. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 19:18 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 17:36 | comment | added | Mitch | Also, the word 'lady' is going out of fashion (in AmE), and is more likely to be substituted with 'woman' or 'female' or something else. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 17:34 | comment | added | outis nihil | When one is speaking of "lady" the noun, "sir" is not an analog; "gentleman" is. When one is speaking of "Lady" the courtesy title, "Sir" is one possible analog (where "Gentleman" is not). | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 17:06 | comment | added | oerkelens | @Rupe - depending on context, the male equivalent of lady can very well be "sir". As can it be "lord". The wife of a knight (who is addressed as Sir John) would be addressed as Lady Brown. source | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 16:43 | comment | added | Rupe | "Gentleman" is the male equivalent of "lady", not "sir". | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 16:10 | comment | added | user3820836 | More or less. You can compare it with man & sir. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 15:59 | comment | added | vaibhav | so lady is a respected version of women. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 15:58 | history | answered | user3820836 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |