Who refers to a housekeeper or house cleaner as a maid?
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Anonymous
| Curious about this usage. Is it regional? |
Anonymous
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I've never heard of this.
I grew up with one who was there 3 days a week. We always called her by her first name or said "cleaning lady." |
Anonymous
| I'm curious too, I didn't think people still said this. |
Anonymous
| The only person I know IRL who says this grew up outside the US, but I see it a surprising amount on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| Carson |
Anonymous
| I grew up outside the US. We call them maids. But I don't call them maids when I'm in the US. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
LOL |
Anonymous
| We don't have one (we do all the housecleaning ourselves), but, hmmm, I am trying to think of whether I'd use this term. I might, actually. If talking with another mom about all we have to do, maybe I can see myself saying, "Oh, you have a maid? That's awesome. I've been thinking about it but we just haven't gone there yet." Or something like this. I think this would be the first word that came out of my mouth to describe this. I sort of think "house cleaner" is too bulky and "housekeeper" would be someone you employ fulltime who lives in your house. |
Anonymous
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In the south everyone refers to once or twice a week cleaners as maids. We always had a maid growing up and so did everyone else I knew. I'm pretty sure that is still the most common term for weekly cleaners.
When I was little we had a woman who came several days a week and was called a housekeeper. She did more than basic cleaning, she also helped my mother with child care and shopping.. My mother's family is originally from NYC area. My grandmother called the woman who came in to help her daily a girl or a servant. I believe the woman was a recent immigrant from somewhere in Europe. That was in the 1920-1950s. |
Anonymous
| I never see or hear of anyone use the term maid except on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| MD native here-- always house cleaners or house keepers. |
Anonymous
| I've debated w/ my husband about this. In his Indian family "maid" or "servants" are acceptable terms, but obviously they are not commonly used terms in the US anymore, especially servant. |
Anonymous
| My grandmother did (lived in the Midwest) and her housekeeper came daily to work. |