>>Now I thought you were au-fait with common English Idioms. "Man" = "person to whom I'm talking" or equivalent to "God" or "By Allah", or any general supplication. If you were to say "Woman" it's usually interpreted as you're speaking from a position of dominance or superiority, as in "Woman, why isn't my supper on the table?"
>Terry,
>Oh i am, no trouble there...just joking..eh didn't you know woman is by far more dangerous than man ?
Well you'll know that the expression is "derogatory" then, not "derogative" :-)
Apple tart
Terry
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
