joanna wrote:
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> I don't think "mistress" is part of the American lexicon.
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> You can find it in the dictionnary, but the whole idea that one can have
> a permanent, extra-marital partner is too much against the grain of
> American morality.
Before the 1960s it was definitely part of the american lexicon. One can speculate on why it has disappeared (if it has) over the last 30 or so years.
Carrol