OT To the woman who objected to my not liking the word WAR

Definitely a good word for Mirjam, and for many of the other ladies here.

Higs, Katherine

On 22 Aug 2006 12:43:07 -0700, Joan in CT spun a fine yarn

YES, thank you for adding that to my attempt at an explanation, Joan! I'd have to add Lauren Bacall to Katie Hepburn and Ms. Stanwyck, as well as MAE WEST..... JM2C, Noreen

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:21:27 GMT, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a fine yarn

Mirjam, sweetheart, 'balls' is used SO easily here in the US, and not meant literally. Women can have *balls* too! "balls" said the Queen. "if I had 'em, I'd be King!" Hugs, Noreen

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:42:33 +0200, Magie Noire spun a fine yarn

And that is why the two of you have MOXXIE, in my book! Grin! Noreen

Definitely! And Bette Davis, too!

Higs, Katherine

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:18:29 -0300, Katherine spun a fine yarn

And, EVEN Joan Crawford, in a 'twisted' way..... Oh, we could compile quite the list if we put our minds to it! :D Noreen

who, if she added male actors, would first think of Jimmy Cagney as 'having moxxie'.....

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:07:31 GMT, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a fine yarn

True, true, dear friend, we've gotten very.... LAX (?) with language and it's unisex verbage, etc... Hugs, Noreen

I know Noreen what it means , and why it is used ,,, but am not fond of it , It is a sign of society`s Standards of unequal treatments of females and males. mirjam

Probably, but I tend not to think of men like that.

Higs, Katherine