On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:27:21 -0700, Ranee at Arabian Knits
> wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > You were a paying guest and
> > she should have shut up.
>
> This isn't directed at you, but reminds me of a peeve. If I am
> paying, I am not a guest. I don't like being called a guest at a
> restaurant or store or whatever. If I am a guest, I shouldn't have to
> pay. I don't charge people who stay overnight at our home, nor do I
> charge guests for a meal when they come.
>
"Guest" is probably a holdover from the olden days of boarding houses.
And no, the term doesn't bother me at all. I've never given it a
second thought - until now, of course.

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