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To: Ilaine who wrote (23861)	7/12/2006 6:28:35 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541373

I'm not sure people do that consciously- but maybe they do. Did I ever tell you about my evidence professor who called me "dear" in class? I was the top student in evidence, and ended up getting the Am Jur because I just loved it, but I was always asking questions, and I happen to know I reminded the professor of one of his daughters. So one day, in the middle of class, after I'd asked yet ANOTHER question, he said something like "let's put that aside dear". I didn't think anything of it, but after class a cadre of feminists attacked him over the use of the word dear :-( I knew how it was meant, and it was meant kindly (can't say I know how "ladies" was meant). I took it as a compliment from my professor. I liked his daughters a lot. I remember when I was teaching I once called a favorite student (a HIGH school student) sweetie- which is one of the things I call my own kids- and I immediately flashed back to my professor. It's so easy to use those words we use for our family on people outside our family for whom we have some affection.