tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post1608616143252699058..comments2024-02-16T14:10:12.166+08:00Comments on Bibliophile Stalker: January 7, 2010 Links and PlugsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-68699611659279916852010-01-07T22:29:18.329+08:002010-01-07T22:29:18.329+08:00"This week's controversy revolves around ..."This week's controversy revolves around Realms of Fantasy's Women in Fantasy Issue."<br /><br />Who says controversy can't be fun?<br /><br />_______________________________<br /><br />Etymology of a Lady in Sentence Form<br /><br />by Rae Bryant and Dictionary.com<br /><br />la⋅dy [ley-dee] noun, plural –dies<br />. . . dies, need I say more?<br /><br />1. “a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken"<br /><br />Could you please pass me another lady, gentleman, the first one was a little too tough for my tastes.<br /><br />2. “a woman of high social position or economic class"<br /><br />Being a lady is a congenital trait, one is born into it like a horse is born to good breeding.<br /><br />3. “any woman; female (sometimes used in combination)"<br /><br />The lady on the phone said something about voting and equal pay for equal work. I wonder if her husband knows she speaks of such things. <br /><br />4. “[term] used in direct address: often offensive in the singular"<br /><br />Grab me a beer, will ya, little lady?<br /><br />5. “a female lover or steady companion”<br /><br />The governor and his lady friend attended the party. The governor's wife was furious.<br /><br />7. “(initial capital letter) (in Great Britain) the proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl (although the title is given by courtesy also to the wives of baronets and knights)”<br /><br />Lady Ashton wasn't really a lady, after all, and so she might have been considered a knight if such considerations could be paid to the female persuasion.<br /><br />8. “a woman who has proprietary rights or authority, as over a manor; female feudal superior. Compare lord”<br /><br />The Lady now oversees the manor until, of course, her Lord arrives home from the war.<br /><br />9. “(initial capital letter) the Virgin Mary”<br /><br />The Lady had been seen in an oil spill just yesterday in Gary, Indiana, along with the Music Man and a cheeky little unicorn named Bob.<br /><br />10. “a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion”<br /><br />A lady in all situations will hold her flatulence and her tongue offering either only when requested. <br /><br />11. “(usually initial capital letter) a. an attribute or abstraction personified as a woman; a designation of an allegorical figure as feminine: Lady Fortune; Lady Virtue”<br /><br />Ah, Lady Virtue. She is the beacon by which all woman measure their worth, and the stick with which all women are to be beaten should they fall short.<br /><br />12. “a title prefixed to the name of a goddess: Lady Venus “ <br /><br />Lady Venus, the most beautiful and alluring of goddesses, may she reign in the hearts of men.<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />“Origin: bef. 900; ME ladi(e), earlier lavedi, OE hlǣfdīge, hlǣfdige, perh. orig. meaning “loaf-kneader,” equiv. to hlāf loaf + -dīge, -dige, var. of dǣge kneader (see dough; cf. ON deigja maid); see lord”<br /><br />Since I am not a loaf kneading maid, an object to pass around the gentlemen's table, a British socialite, a holy deity, or a female "companion" to an ambassador, I must not be a lady. I can live with that and so can my "lord." Wink.Rae Bryanthttp://www.raebryant.comnoreply@blogger.com