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All Karen's should not be tarred with the same brush.

We have a lovely lady with that name on the forum who I have known from another forum since 2004. She is a lovely lady, very friendly, never complains, is extremely helpful to others ..... and is an animal lover.

Hope you're not blushing ****
Of course not.
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Of course not.
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Well, its better then being called 'Sweet Fanny Adams'

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Re: Karens

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Well, its better then being called 'Sweet Fanny Adams'

Well there's times that anonymity can be useful!
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Re: Karens

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Well there's times that anonymity can be useful!
Well Sir, you should know!

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07-06-2020, 09:49 AM
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Re: Karens

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Well Sir, you should know!

Trust me, it's mostly out of necessity!

There's one Sub-Saharan country in which I could STILL be arrested on site!
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Re: Karens

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I once knew a guy who called all females "Doris" not to their face but when he was talking about a woman who was a stranger or acquaintance he would say "this Doris" or "that Doris over there" etc. I had no idea why but then recently I heard the term on "Our Girl" and looking it up it's an army term for a female. Perhaps his dad passed it on.
We here in Oz used to call all women.. married or single.. shielas. I recall my grandfathers always using the term. Not sure whether the term came from a female name or the female name came from our colloquialism. I expect the former.

Yes the former. Just looked up the name Shiela. It is Irish derived. Perhaps the colloquialism originated from the many Irish that settled in Australia in the 19th century.
 
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