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I have a spinster funny
After the spinster talk on here, I was telling DH how frustrated it makes me that "spinster" could still be considered an insult. I also told him LTP's story about the word being included on her marriage certificate. He played along at first, but then it became clear he was a bit confused. Our conversation went something like this:
DH: I've never heard anyone use the word spinster before.
Me: Oh, me neither. I think I've only actually seen it used in books. Otherwise, I've just heard old maid, which is still infuriating.
DH: No, I meant I have never heard it used that way.
Me: I didn't know it was a legal term, either.
DH: No. I mean I have only only heard it to mean a political tale spinner-- a spinster.
Me: Er...really? Do you think it might be possible that you have misunderstood the term in the past?
DH: Yeah. Maybe. I never thought it made much sense.
lol
Re: I have a spinster funny
LOL. Mr. Muddled was obviously not a big reader of Jane Austen or a Public Relations major. The term he was looking for was "spin doctor", and that's also considered an insult in the PR world.
I told him he hadn't read enough Jane Austen. Then he started making fun of Jane Eyre.
I didn't make the spin doctor link, but you're right. I bet that's what he was thinking.
Lol.
FTR, he did reveal that he knows it was a Bronte that wrote Jane Eyre, although he gets confused about which one. And I think he chose that book specifically to make fun of because he knows it's my favorite in that genre.