Which brings me to another point - why do Americans insist on calling adult unmarried persons boyfriends and girlfriends? In the UK people refer to live partners as partners, which makes a lot of sense, but in the US I'm afraid that people would come to the wrong conclusion that you're talking about same sex couples.
You may have noticed: US=Up-tight Sex. But, invidious national reflections aside, silly as it is, nothing else has ever quite caught on -- occasionally 'Significant Other' (sometimes shortened to 'SO') and, now and then, 'roommate', although, that only seems to apply to a young couple. And circumstances alter cases -- when home with the parents 'live in lover' may not come tripping off the tongue.
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Date: 2006-12-29 12:07 am (UTC)You may have noticed: US=Up-tight Sex. But, invidious national reflections aside, silly as it is, nothing else has ever quite caught on -- occasionally 'Significant Other' (sometimes shortened to 'SO') and, now and then, 'roommate', although, that only seems to apply to a young couple. And circumstances alter cases -- when home with the parents 'live in lover' may not come tripping off the tongue.