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Re: CHAT: ...y'know

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Monday, June 28, 1999, 20:35
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 06:52:56 +0100 "Raymond A. Brown"
<raybrown@...> writes:

>Ray. > >PS - in SW London, this use of 'man' has become epicene among the >younger >generation; female students even use this mode of address when >speaking >among themselves. Does this occur elsewhere?
Here the use of "guy", "you guys", etc. has become genderless. "you guys" is used as a plural second-person pronoun, probably because "you all" or "y'all" sounds "hickish". -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.