Isn’t this a British term?
Mother and Father Replaced by Parent 1 and Parent 2
The words "mother" and "father" will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology.
Isn’t this a British term?
I dunno. Seems like a pretty workaday expression in Congress.
Dude your trying so hard to find an outrage here but none exists.
mollyBrown:Wow. Working up the poutrage. Lady is not offensive. Glad to answer you question.
Simma down Molly. We’re not curing cancer here. We’re allowed to have fun from time to time. Congress seems to be the only place where the term “lady” cannot be used.
Lol. Clearly your op was all calm and rational about a word that has been used for generations.
altair1013: Jezcoe:Gentlelady has been used in Congress for years.
I didn’t ask how long it’s been in use. I’m just wondering why they think it’s necessary to invent a word that nobody uses to replace the word “lady.”
Even if it was an “invented” word, why would anyone care?
Words are invented all the time.
It is one of the great things that separates us from the French.
LucyLou:Good Lord.
Google first.
Why is this in politics?
Gentlewoman is used by the house.
Allan
Well…
When I’m king, it will be “Gentle Biscuit Maker”
The words "mother" and "father" will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology.
The rewriting of the English language is getting ridiculous.
Lesbians in MA actually wanted to change mother and father to Parent A and Parent B on birth certificates.
Good Lord.
Gentleladies and Men. Calm down. lol
Its an old term for a woman of high statue similar to “Gentleman”
what if you don’t have a father? you know have two moms.
Its an old term for a woman of high statue similar to “Gentleman”
High what the hell?
what if you don’t have a father? you know have two moms.
Doomed.
British at the time very much liked fix class system poor people can’t be called the same thing as rich people.
it makes government paperwork more efficient, but who cares about paperwork.
British at the time very much liked fix class system poor people can’t be called the same thing as rich people.
Stop making stuff up, you’re making me stupid.
Yes the country with Dukes, Viscounts, Barons, and Queens doesn’t have a class system.
CanadianJudo:Its an old term for a woman of high statue similar to “Gentleman”
High what the hell?
Names are really important when it comes to nobility, its almost like its all they have to keep them above filthy street sweepers.