In american english, a single woman may be considered 'wifey' if she is stereotypically suitable marriage material for a sexist type of man, and in the uk, it. That says that my habbit to say except of is a mistake? The men might have different opinions, and circumstances alter cases, but i expect wifey would take a dim view of the diminutive
Wifey (Sandra Otterson) - FamousFix
By the same token, girlie / sonny today are likely to be seen as insulting / disrespectful in many contexts (but lassie / laddie are more generally acceptable in scotland)
What's wrong with the words wife and husband
Why do people instead use partner more and more often? I've used to say except of for a lot of sentences but recently someone noted (or corrected) me apart from I don't really remember the context that this correction was in Anyway, after sometime i saw this article in cambridge which is talking about the difference between except for to apart from
