Re: Gender-Switch - Japanese, Mandarin

Emily Zilch scripsit:

> This latter
> form is more a generalisation of the masculine plural into an epicene
> form for a group of people, although as a native English speaker I
> distinctly recall having conversations about whether we should call
> each other "guys" when we weren't guys back when I was in high school.
Right.

A: We shouldn't call ourselves "guys" when we're not.
B: Oh, come on.  Even *guys* call groups of women "guys".

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