Re: CHAT: ...y'know
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 28, 1999, 20:35 |
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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)
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