I guess what I meant was that a conversational move like that doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted as a correction. I mean, I'm sure ajnabieh knows better than I do what this particular person meant, but I could very well imagine a different situation where someone from my political party has heard someone say "my husband blah blah blah" and responds with "your partner blah blah blah" without meaning it as anything but using one's own preferred term for the same thing. (In fact, I've actually probably done that myself.)

-J