"dollface" and other bad club turns.

Dennis Perrin dperrin at comcast.net
Thu Jan 30 06:54:00 PST 2003



> I thought that the use of patronising terms of endearment for women was
> something that had been removed from polite society about eight years ago?
> I'd certainly be on a disciplinary charge if I spoke like this to a woman
> at work, and so would the builders down the road. There really is no
> possible interpretation of "dollface" and "hon" in this context other than
> to indicate that Dennis is belittling Kelley's arguments because they come
> from a woman.


> dd

Dear boy -- I'm using Kel's style of language. She uses those types of words all the time, so I, in the spirit of shoveling and taking, simply tossed them back. Nothing malicious intended. Indeed, I'm rather fond of Kel even when she's not so fond of me.

I certainly hope not all Brit socialists are as tin-eared (eyed) as you. Where's Alexei Sayle when you need him?

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