"kid" vs. "child"

[Mai Kuha]

On 11/22/02 7:19 PM, George Thompson wrote:
> There was a catchphrase from the early 20th C: "I love my wife, but O!, you
> kid", to be addressed to a pretty girl.
(...)
I was at the grocery store yesterday and walked by two employees (both men)
chatting while stocking shelves. "She's a good kid," one of the speakers
said, then amended after a pause: "Well, I guess she's a *woman*." I suppose
"she's a good woman" wouldn't have been a possible expression of approval!
mk