very minor note on "lady"

[victor steinbok]

A brief follow-up from current news.

Late last night, NYT ran the story "The Lady Liberty is a Las Vegas
Teenager". There are several more follow-ups, including AP's, that
include "Lady Liberty". But the prize goes to Nick Carbone of Time
mag:

> Who's That Lady? New Stamp Features Wrong Statue of Liberty

VS-)

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> "The lady at the store" (any adult female) sounds absolutely unremarkable to
> me except that, personally, I'd still say "woman."
> ...

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