Interesting Socio-Linguistic Moment
Apr. 20th, 2012 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenkushnerI just Tweeted: I slept in my earrings.
Many people rushed in immediately to make cracks along the lines of "Those must be some big earrings."
All of them were men.
Women say things like, "Ouch!"
I did actually think, as I hit Send, that someone might take it the wrong way - but then I thought, "Oh, everyone knows what it means!"
Just to be clear: I think it's adorable & funny - I'm not offended! But it's definitely one of those few remaining moments where language is used entirely differently by the two gender groups.
Many people rushed in immediately to make cracks along the lines of "Those must be some big earrings."
All of them were men.
Women say things like, "Ouch!"
I did actually think, as I hit Send, that someone might take it the wrong way - but then I thought, "Oh, everyone knows what it means!"
Just to be clear: I think it's adorable & funny - I'm not offended! But it's definitely one of those few remaining moments where language is used entirely differently by the two gender groups.