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- Correct use of possession for the plural ladies
Ladies is the plural form of lady, so the apostrophe goes to the right - ladies' If you are wondering why we don't write ladies's, it is because ladies is one of the exceptions, along with girls', parents', players', weeks' and even Klingons' It can get a bit niggly with names too Aristophanes' plays, but Jesus's miracles and (usually) James
- Origin of milady - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, milady emerged in 1778 that partially came from French: Partly < French milady , title used when addressing or speaking of an English lady of high rank (1727 in Voltaire; 1754 as milédi ) < English my lady (see lady n 3a), and partly representing a colloquial pronunciation of my lady (see above)
- single word requests - Is there an opposite gender for lady . . .
Lady comes from an Old English compound noun meaning roughly "loaf kneader," whereas lord comes from a compound noun meaning "loaf keeper" or "loaf protector " The etymological counterpart of gentleman, which is indeed gentlewoman, is used infrequently these days, usually in historical or quasi-historical contexts
- Why does this Ladies First saying exist?
A gentleman will always follow a lady when going up stairs, in case she should fall over A gentleman will always precede a lady going down stairs for the same reason In both cases a gentleman would never stare, indecently or otherwise, at any parts of a ladies anatomy –
- Why ladybird? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Mary (Our Lady) was often depicted wearing a red cloak in early paintings and the spots of the seven spot ladybird (the most common in Europe) were said to symbolise her seven joys and seven sorrows Common names in other European languages have the same association (the German name Marienkäfer translates to "Marybeetle" or, literally, Mary
- Gentleman is to male as what is to female? [duplicate]
@rbhattarai Sometimes "real lady" means "having female organs" in addition to identifying as female Pretty much anything involving gender is a wide, deep and densely packed minefield of mixed meanings (and extreme sensitivity to vicariously perceived slights)
- Woman front bits meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If a lady with an American accent says "My fanny is sore" we understand what she means without getting all worked up about it If a lady with a British accent says it (in mixed company) we probably assume she's not really a "lady" at all (she's most likely a drunken slag! :) –
- Where did Shakespeare get milk of human kindness from?
Lady Macbeth wants to substitute her milk (which would nourish a kid) for gall, which today would mean boldness and impertinence, but also refers to bile (Merriam-Webster) So here, too, the milk is too kind, too nourishing, and so it must be switched for something more murderous so that she can physically and mentally go through with murder
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