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In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.

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Deborah Tannen

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I believe the switch from ‘lady’ to ‘woman’ was part of the women’s movement. ‘Lady’ was a euphemism for ‘woman,’ and that was one reason that we wanted to move away from it.

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This idea that we should be best friends with our partner of the opposite gender leads toward tremendous frustration. Did you ever notice that while men often refer to their wives as best friends, women usually refer to another woman in that way?

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April 25, 2024

This idea that we should be best friends with our partner of the opposite gender leads toward tremendous frustration. Did you ever notice that while men often refer to their wives as best friends, women usually refer to another woman in that way?

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April 25, 2024

I believe the switch from ‘lady’ to ‘woman’ was part of the women’s movement. ‘Lady’ was a euphemism for ‘woman,’ and that was one reason that we wanted to move away from it.

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