re: woman, girl, whatever

[arethinn]

dancinglights brought up the term "lady" and its uses, and I made a remark myself in a comment to someone else about how I thought maybe people just used my name rather than a generic term if they needed to refer to me, but it actually does make me curious what word or words other people might use for me. Out of the following choices I think I would mostly use "girl" for myself (although as mentioned, I think I may be growing out of it). You?

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[helen99.livejournal.com]

I usually just refer to you by your name. I've never actually referred to you to anyone who never met you or didn't know you in some context, so "this girl I know" has never been necessary. In the event I had to use such a descriptor, "this girl I know called E" would probably be what I would say, mostly because 'this star-being I know with female sidhe characteristics' would probably get me stared at oddly (and would take too long to say)...