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You know you're old when the cashier (Original Post)
Floyd R. Turbo
Nov 2019
OP
That's cool! Years ago didn't a woman who owned a diner there copyright "Hon" and wanted to
Floyd R. Turbo
Nov 2019
#11
I have been called "young lady." Before I got old, a clerk had pointed out something I needed,
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#5
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Or they give you the senior discount without even asking your age.
rurallib
(62,471 posts)9. That's the one that hurts
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)3. Maybe the cashier is from Baltimore
or Maryland in general., where use of "hon" is very common.
B'more even has an annual Hon Festival, most famous for men cross-dressing as their version of the prototypical local Hon Lady.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)4. That was a big deal. I never went, but it was all that talked about.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,678 posts)11. That's cool! Years ago didn't a woman who owned a diner there copyright "Hon" and wanted to
charge for use of the word?
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)5. I have been called "young lady." Before I got old, a clerk had pointed out something I needed,
See the young lady there? She was in her eighties.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)6. I am in my 80s......got a kick out of your post.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)7. I am getting closer. In a French language group with a sharp as a tack 95 year old. My mom passed
at 90. She was still interested in everything, living independently, and beautiful. From one young lady to another, lets keep it all going on.
applegrove
(118,869 posts)8. Some places use "hon". Some say "sweetie". I like both.
LeftInTX
(25,683 posts)10. When the cashier asks, "What's a check?"
Party City does not accept checks. I made a remark and the cashier whispers to me, "What's a check?"
I'm like
sl8
(13,949 posts)12. Could be taken more than one way.
According to Oxford, "hon is sometimes confused with hun" .
https://www.google.com/search?q=hon
Knowing Attillla, excuse me, knowing "Floyd" as I do, I'm sure the cashier only meant it one way.