I agree, very much so, and it is probably the "My" bit of "My good man" I'm wary about, because meeting someone for the first time it is either condescending or patronising to use a possessive pronoun I think, (definition of patronising being: "treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority").
No problem!Hallo feyon, you mentioned in a post ( I cannot remember which thread) you went to Guyana. Some years ago we visited that country while touring French Guiana, Suriname and the West Indies. Did you visit the magnifique Kaieteur Falls?
grahamg, I apologise for interrupting your thread
Unfortunately no, was at in-law's farm across the River from Georgetown (Ferry across Demerara River and short train ride Village called 'Crane'). We wanted to go but there were some things going on between their government and indigenous people inland and we could not get permits to go. Always suspected the fact that i was American and that govt would have less control over of me (i.e. photos or talking to US news agencies about what i saw) without creating an 'incident' was more of a factor than any concern for our safety---they in fact did not express any concern for our safety, simply denied permit on grounds of 'unrest' in the area.Hallo feyon, you mentioned in a post ( I cannot remember which thread) you went to Guyana. Some years ago we visited that country while touring French Guiana, Suriname and the West Indies. Did you visit the magnifique Kaieteur Falls?
grahamg, I apologise for interrupting your thread
MY OLD MAN aka DON'T DILLY DALLY (MY OLD MAN) |
Thank you for the lyric, Sunny, now I know the words, I can sing along with Pearl and teddy.
This blues music, sometimes accompanied by honky tonk piano really is the business, (if you like this kind of thing!).
A friend of mine addressed me as "Woman, if you are such and such . . ." I loved it. He was trying to put me in my place during a debate but it backfired on him. LOL He put his manliness out there and I found it very sexy. I am sort of a patriarchal groupie. I still think of God is a Man. Oh yeah, Jesus was a man. LOLYou dont hear people "in real life" referred to as "My good woman" or "My good man", they're rather archaic aren't they, used by actors in dramas set a hundred years ago or more.
However, the thought occurs me that if someone called me "My good man", (be it back then or now), I'd feel they were being a bit condescending, as though I were their servant, or "from the lower classes" perhaps, (I may be as "common as muck" but dont need it rubbing in, if you see what I mean).
I suppose fifty or a hundred years ago people's virtue might be thought about more than is the case today, (the word adultery means little enough when marriages can be dissolved in six months under no fault rules, and so on). Maybe being called "My good man" was taken as a compliment, pure and simple, and intended to be taken that way, and its just me who is wrong here?
I'm guessing you're a woman with a lot to say, (not always a good thing!), and I'd dislike the sexism you describe as "sexy"!
My friend is the opposite end of sexist, he was trying to be funny after I challenged him in a debate. I believe it is subjective what turns a woman on anyway. LOL It all starts in the brain doesn't it? If you doubt me, just ask a neuroscientist. BTW, I do have a lot to say based on rational thinking assuming the hormones have not kicked in at that moment. LOL How's that for sexist? My friend is 76 and he is the sexiest man I have ever known. He is 1 in 100 million. : )
I sometimes still get called "young man", even by some salespeople younger than I am, (I don't assume its because I look young btw!).
