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| Subject: Re: Mensch used to describe a woman? | Date: 7/31/2007 6:10 PM | |
| Author: Frydaze1 | Number: 7833 of 15365 | |
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Does this work for only mixed audiences or can we ever have a female speaker addressing a group of females as "you guys"? How about a male speaker addressing a mixed group as "you guys"? OK? I refer to a group of females as "you guys" sometimes. And I wouldn't be offended if a man did so. I consider guys, when used in that phrase, to be gender neutral. OTOH, if someone said "that guy over there" it's definitely referring to a male. Even "those guys" would mean "males" to me. Hmmm... Interesting. Frydaze1 |
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