very minor note on "lady"

[Jonathan Lighter]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> A brief follow-up from current news.
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> 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:
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> > Who's That Lady? New Stamp Features Wrong Statue of Liberty
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> VS-)
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> 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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