To ask what you call other women?

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'woman' sounds rude, 'lady' sounds very formal, 'girl' sounds try-hard for anyone over the age of about 30. So what word so you use?

Woman... what’s rude about that?

Woman. Lady if speaking to the kids I think.

Woman, mainly.

Woman. Why does it sound rude to you?

It just sounds a bit dismissive to me, especially if it's someone you're on friendly terms with

Woman or lady. Neither are rude or too formal, IMO.

My pet hate is grown women calling themselves girls. It grates on me.

Women. Girls is ridiculous, ladies is twee.

Never thought of 'women' being rude.

depends on the context! I’m guilty of saying girls but I know it irritates a lot of people.

Woman. Girl is t ‘try hard’, it’s simply inaccurate for a person over 18. Lady is ridiculous and has all sorts of old fashioned connotations.

It just sounds a bit dismissive to me, especially if it's someone you're on friendly terms with
If you know them then surely you’d just use their name?

How is it dismissive? Is it low status to be a woman?
I had coffee today with a woman I used to work with. We’re mates. It was nice. What’s dismissive or rude about that?

depends
generic women- women, ie 'women are under-represented in STEM
a particular group of women, especially if they are present, or older, ladies, ie 'have the ladies at that table been offered some tea?'
as a HCP, referring to an actual or potential patient, lady ie 'where is the lady in bed 6?'
girls- NEVER

It depends on context but I don’t think it matters. Can you say why you think women is rude?

I usually say women or girls, sometimes “people” is fine. I’ve used “Wifies” before, it’s a Scottish term for women.

If you know them then surely you’d just use their name?

Not necessarily if you're talking to a person who doesn't know them eg to DH about colleagues

Woman is far, far from rude! How can you think it's rude?
Lady smacks of Little fecking Britain (is that what it was called? David Walliams shite). Might as well call me Ickle Princess.
Girl is patronising and I refuse to use it on an over-18.

Almost always just 'woman'

All three depending on the context.

A new woman joined my department in work today.

I told ds3’s to mind the lady he nearly ran into yesterday.

Tomorrow I’m going out for drinks with the girls 🤷🏻‍♀️

I try to resist the idea that "woman" is rude, what message are we telling ourselves if it is? So, I used to say "lady", but now I always say "woman".

Not necessarily if you're talking to a person who doesn't know them eg to DH about colleagues
Then you’d just say “Carol from HR” or whatever. Or say “A woman I work with”. I honestly don’t know what is rude about saying “woman”

Not necessarily if you're talking to a person who doesn't know them eg to DH about colleagues

"Linda said 'blah blah blah'"
"Who's Linda?"
"She works in shipping"

Woman if not.

" women" or "ladies" ( I'm foreign so it has different connotations I think).

I hate hate hate " gals"

Sharon?

I hate hate hate " gals"

I agree! “Gals” seems old fashioned and only used in 1940s films where the women were either feeble or slutty 😂😂😂

I try to resist the idea that "woman" is rude, what message are we telling ourselves if it is?

I don't like using the word 'man' either, if that makes it better. At least there we have the word 'chap' which seems a bit friendlier

Going back a long time. My friends and I used to refer to each other as Mrs-woman, affectionately. It stuck and we all use it for everyone now. Only use it informally mind.

For work or otherwise it would be woman if I didn't know her name. I call my daughters ladies.

The only terms I detest are "birds" or "the Mrs". Bleh.