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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> > "Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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>> >> Nancy Young wrote:
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>> >> >>You hit a nerve. I'm a part-time grammar cop, and "guy/guys"
>> >> >>drives me up the wall.
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>> >> >
>> >> > 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.
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>> >> > nancy
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>> >> 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...
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>> > 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'.
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>> > Calling me 'buddy' without knowing me from adam yanks my chain.
>> >
>> > Jack Youse
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>> I understand and basically agree. However, "you guys" or "yousse
>> guys" evokes memories and images of the black leather-jacketed high
>> school kids who hung out on the corner. I was *not* one of those.
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>> Wayne
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> Aww, c'mon, Wayne. Not even once?
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> Jack Teddy
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Never owned a black leather jacket! <G>

Wayne