On Sep 21, 2005, at 6:07 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote: > So let me get this straight. It's okay to refer to women as "girls" > as long as your brain is spelling it "grrls" and they're babeular. > Is that right ? I know this was a joke, but FWIW, to distinguish "grrl" from "girl", I pronounce the former with a long/geminate /r/ (and have heard others do the same.) -Lal