"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >>You hit a nerve. I'm a part-time grammar cop, and "guy/guys" drives me
> >>up the wall.
> >
> >
> > I think it's a regional/generational thing. I wouldn't think twice
> > about asking my female friends, you guys want to go out for lunch?
> > Doesn't offend me in the least if a waiter/bartender refers to me as
> > such. Having said that, "What can I get you?" does seem to suffice.
>
> > nancy
>
> I'm with you nancy. What bothers me more is being called sir <shudder>
> Am I getting that old? Well, I guess maybe I am...
>

It is a regional thing. In my neck of the woods, it's always 'you guys
wanna play cribbage?' or 'you guys wanna shoot pool?; feh, it's colloquial,
and akin to 'ya'll'.

Calling me 'buddy' without knowing me from adam yanks my chain.

Jack Youse