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Re: guys != gender neutral


From: Landon Stewart <lstewart () superb net>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:13:55 -0700

On 27 September 2012 16:08, Scott Howard <scott () doc net au> wrote:

The Oxford English dictionary apparently disagrees with you.


http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/guy?region=us&q=guys
(*guys*) people of either sex: * you guys want some coffee?
*

As other many words in the English language there are multiple definitions,
and one of those definitions is gender specific - but the one above is very
much gender neutral ("either sex" - it doesn't get much clearer than that!)


Well played Scott, well played.

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