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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
wench
I've seen people use wench as their cyber names ( wench, yorkshirewench).
Wench can mean: a young woman or girl, especially a peasant girl; a woman servant; or a wanton woman.
I vaguely remember 'wench' was used as a bad name in movie Gone With The Wind; but in the book North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (an English author), a father called his daughter wench, obviously without any derogatory connotation.
Do people from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean perceive the word differently?
Thanks for comments.
Wench can mean: a young woman or girl, especially a peasant girl; a woman servant; or a wanton woman.
I vaguely remember 'wench' was used as a bad name in movie Gone With The Wind; but in the book North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (an English author), a father called his daughter wench, obviously without any derogatory connotation.
Do people from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean perceive the word differently?
Thanks for comments.
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Do people from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean perceive the word differently? I don't think so, but I've also never heard the word used in any manner that was not derogatory.
- Do people from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean perceive the word differently?
- I don't think so, but I've also never heard the word used in any manner that was not derogatory.
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Do people from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean perceive the word differently?I don't think so, but I've also never heard the word used in any manner that was not derogatory.
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Hi,
I'd like to add that 'wench' is not a common word. You could easily live in N. America for at least 5 or 10 years and never hear anyone use it.
Clive
I'd like to add that 'wench' is not a common word. You could easily live in N. America for at least 5 or 10 years and never hear anyone use it.
Clive
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