Girl or woman? How do we make the distinction?
@Cristi_Ichim (3743)
Bucharest, Romania
October 27, 2018 2:38pm CST
Hello my friends. How do we know how to call a young human female? Let's suppose that she is 25 y.o. Should I refer to her as a woman or as a girl? A nice way to express this would be "young lady".
So, in your opinion which is the age when a human female should not be considered girl anymore but woman? Ever thought about this?
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
29 Oct 18
Never really thought about it. I generally refer to all unkown females regardless of age as "Excuse me, Miss" or " That lady over there"
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
29 Oct 18
when i started paying taxes.
somebody called me "miss" the other day and it kind of annoyed me.
i'm almost 50 and married..i think "ma'am" fits in my case.
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
27 Oct 18
How I refer to my female friends and companions depends a lot on the context of the conversation. If my wife and her female friends are taking a night to go to dinner on their own, we call it a "girls' night out," even though they are all in their 40s and 50s. In my classroom, I often refer to the 9 and 10 y.o. students as "young men" and "young ladies." Women I don't know who appear my age or older, I refer to as "Ma'am." Women clearly younger than myself, I refer to as "Miss."
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@Cristi_Ichim (3743)
• Bucharest, Romania
27 Oct 18
I also believe that it has something to do with being married or not.
@Kasjnak (4489)
• Romania
27 Oct 18
It depends. I may refer to a girl as a lady when she's 25 years old and I could call a lady "girl" when she's 35. Or the other way around. There is no limit for the age. I think some women prefer to be considered younger than they really are and they hate being called "lady" or "ma'am". But there are also some that get suspicious if you don't do that .
I usually avoid using these words, I prefer to hint at this (when it comes to a woman's age, it's best to make her smile/blush ).
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@celticeagle (166915)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 18
Yes, young lady is a nice way to express this. Young girls usually are not as developed as a woman. A woman is more voluptuous and just exudes a more womanly persona.