El Paso...MistressLynn...feedback

[drksideofthemoon]

Maybe I am wrong with this, but the dialog when the girl starts talking to the cowboy didn't seem nearly as natural and flowing of the rest of the story. I wouldn't use the word cowboy or darlin in the conversations.

I would like to poke my nose in here. At least in some portions of the the west, and the south, "darlin" is a term that is used quite often, it is not gender specific. While it most certainly owes its origin to the word "darling", it doesn't have the same connotation.

I personally use it everyday, and it gets used on me as well with regularity.

I think her use of "cowboy" was right on the mark, it sounds like a lot of people I know.

 

[tickledkitty]

I would like to poke my nose in here. At least in some portions of the the west, and the south, "darlin" is a term that is used quite often, it is not gender specific. While it most certainly owes its origin to the word "darling", it doesn't have the same connotation.

I personally use it everyday, and it gets used on me as well with regularity.

I think her use of "cowboy" was right on the mark, it sounds like a lot of people I know.

I agree. I have a friend who is from the south, and he calls me "darlin'" and "sugar" and "angel" quite a bit. Mostly "sugar," but "darlin'" works fine for him. Sounds completely natural. He's always done it, even when we didn't know each other well. It doesn't necessarily mean anything important.