- Ladys Ladies or ladies - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In English an apostrophe is almost never used to pluralize a word The only exceptions are single letters, as in, "I have a hard time telling your q's apart from your g's" and sometimes in abbreviations, as in, "I have seven Ph D 's" People (even native English speakers) do erroneously use apostrophes to make words plural, but you should not follow suit
- Why does this Ladies First saying exist?
@Frank: for going down, that is true For going up, however, to avoid glances at ankles - and more recently, legs, thighs and underclothing, the rule - as I have learned it at least - was to let the lady follow :) It might be that, since I am Dutch, I was never trusted to grow up a gentleman anyway or, it could be that it was the lady who was not supposed to offer indecent temptation
- Why is it ladies and gentlemen instead of gentlemen and ladies?
It comes from "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen" Titled men come first (My Lords); then their spouses [My] Ladies; Ladies also include non-titled ladies; and finally, untitled men (Gentlemen)
- How to address a formal letter to a group of women
Ladies comes to mind; Dear Ladies or My Dear Ladies if you prefer Traditional writing often used Dear Sir or Madam so Dear Madams is correct although I think people avoid it today after that famous speech from the play I am not a Madam! which played on the occasional usage of this word for a woman who runs a house of prostitution
- The ladys not for turning [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
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- single word requests - Man is to womanizer as woman is to what . . .
What's the feminine version of womanizer? You would think that a skirt-chaser, being a lover of women (or Highlanders :), would be said to engage in philogyny, but instead he’s known as a philanderer (< Greek ϕίλανδρος) — which while at first glance would be just the word you’re looking for, certainly is not
- What is a feminine version of guys?
From all the answers, it's clear that using a masculine term (eg "guys") is considered sexist (see Leopd's comment), and using a feminine term (eg "gals") is also considered sexist (see The Raven's answer)
- Where did the word “quim” come from? - English Language Usage . . .
Early dictionary coverage of 'quim' Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) has nine slang terms for "the private parts" of a girl or woman—to wit: bumbo, Carvel's ring, cauliflower, cock alley (or cock lane), commodity, madge, money, muff, and notch, plus an unidentified tenth one, ****, that appears in the entry for cauliflower
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