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guys != gender neutral
- Subject: guys != gender neutral
- From: jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:39:13 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>
> When did "people" stop being an acceptable gender-neutral substitute
> for {guys,gals}?
As a form of address. "Hey, people" is ... well, nearly abrasive. (Envision
a waitron walking up to a mixed table of 10.)
Cheers,
-- jra
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