http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/05/06/hoyden/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/05/06/hoyden/comment-page-1/#comment-61254 ginasf Thu, 07 May 2009 17:36:20 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=8131#comment-61254 I've always loved the word 'hoyden'. I first learned it watching the original version of Disney's "The Parent Trap" (the one with Haley Mills). The "rich" Boston daughter (but actually her twin who's switched places) comes home from camp having cut her hair short to match her secret twin sister. The snobby grandmother looks at her hair with distain and snarls, "it's so HOYDENISH, are you a boy or a girl?" I have to think this line was made up by Cathleen Nesbitt, the famous Edwardian era actress and beauty who played the grandmother. It's such a perfect term from another era. I’ve always loved the word ‘hoyden’. I first learned it watching the original version of Disney’s “The Parent Trap” (the one with Haley Mills). The “rich” Boston daughter (but actually her twin who’s switched places) comes home from camp having cut her hair short to match her secret twin sister. The snobby grandmother looks at her hair with distain and snarls, “it’s so HOYDENISH, are you a boy or a girl?” I have to think this line was made up by Cathleen Nesbitt, the famous Edwardian era actress and beauty who played the grandmother. It’s such a perfect term from another era.

]]> http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/05/06/hoyden/comment-page-1/#comment-61209 marci Wed, 06 May 2009 17:34:32 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=8131#comment-61209 It's interesting how these morph. I believe the word "girl" originally referred to a young child, male or female. It’s interesting how these morph. I believe the word “girl” originally referred to a young child, male or female.

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