"doll"

[spathiphyllum]

Is it rude to refer to a lady as "Doll"?

Is it OK to refer to a lady you know as "Doll"?

How would you feel if someone called you "Doll"?

[spathiphyllum]

LOL, that's not fair David! People should have more respect for you

[237SJ]

"Doll" to me means Dolly Daydream = airhead. That's why I don`t like it.

[retrocop]

It's "Maid" where I come from.
That would send me proper 'mazed' if I were female. :-)

[retrocop]

I hate it when a waitress comes to a table of mixed company and says, "Are you guys ready to order?"
Some people can't understand we have not all accepted gender fluidity. :-(

[spathiphyllum]

What about...

"Did you want to see the OAP menu sir?"

[Cloverjo]

237sj. I guess you come from Devon. I used to be called Maid when I lived there as a small child. I like it.

[retrocop]

I'll stick to A La Carte. You can have the Children's menu.

[Cloverjo]

My husband and I call each other ‘Dear’, kind of as a joke as he knows I didn’t like it at first. So I do it back. It feels quite affectionate now.

[Bobbisox1]

Clover I've nver heard of that term being used here, the older generation might say hinny or 'wor lass' ( don't like either btw , but Cock? Never heard of it here , lol

[Cloverjo]

I think I heard Bet Lynch on Corrie call men Cock or Cocker.
I was taken aback by the man calling me Cock.

[Bobbisox1]

I think "Cocker" is more Lancashire , still North tho
I can well imagine you were

[maggiebee]

Had an old neighbour who called every female "doll". Didn't like it but we all got used to it. "Hen" used a lot in Dundee - think it's a very Scottish word?

[Prudie]

Doll - I'd be flattered quite honestly.

[pastafreak]

Apparently, "baby doll" as a term of endearment , is English and dates from the 1700's and became common in the early 1900s. So much for blaming it completely on Americans.
;-)
A lot of the young lads who are our clients call us older ladies doll...I'm not bothered in the slightest.

[pixie374]

Anything affectionate is fine with me, it's hardly an insult. I am used to working with people though, who are likely to not remember names and use pet names instead, so the only warning is whether it is friendly or not :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Wouldn't bother me a jot, it's quite endearing - I use 'Sweetheart' a lot when someone has been helpful.

[windywillow]

I like it, see it as a term of endearment. I say it to other ladies too.

[pastafreak]

I use the dreaded "hun"...it's my American roots ;0

[pixie374]

Totally irrelevant, probably... but I have always had long blonde hair as an adult... except that after I had 4th child, I had it cut to a long Bob and dyed it back to the dark red it was when I was younger.
I went into town after that, and was asked for directions- for the first time ever- by two people! And both of them asking where Mark's and Spencer's was. I have never ever been asked for directions with blonde hair. So i sent them the wrong way lol.

[Patsy33]

It doesn't really bother me.
My husband refers to me as, 'My Darling' or 'My Love'