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Thread #100865   Message #2028595
Posted By: Mo the caller
18-Apr-07 - 03:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: 'cleaning lady' as insult
Subject: RE: BS: 'cleaning lady' as insult
"Cleaning lady" is a very genteel, namby pamby American insult compared to the British "char woman".

I do agree that every job should have the the same respect (and that dirty, unpleasant jobs should not be worst paid), but that's not how it is.