Here is the south we simply use "y'all". --- Brian Raaen Network Architect Zcorum
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:36 PM, JC Dill <jcdill.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27/09/12 11:10 AM, Jo Rhett wrote: >> >> Or when actually referring to persons of mixed gender, here's a quote from >> something I posted in a private forum (my own journal) which is safe for >> export: >>> >>> Because frankly, we're all in this together and honestly everyone loves >>> the competition. The guys I race with often come find me afterwards and tell >>> me where they got past me, or ask me how I kept passing them. The really >>> fast girls rarely want more than a beer to go out on the track and give you >>> a detailed breakdown on what you are doing wrong. We all help each other. >> >> >> In this situation I'm leaving it up the reader to grasp that I'm not >> saying that the girls are all faster than the boys, but I believe it's >> understood in context as the topic was about how peers help each other out. > > > It's NOT helping to equivocate "guys" and "girls"! > > Guys and gals = equivalent > Boys and girls = equivalent > Guys and girls != equivalent > > All the TV shows that refer to female contestants as "girls" are not helping > when they (universally) refer to the males as "guys". Unless you refer to > the male contestants (on TV) or team members (at work) as "boys" you > shouldn't be using the word "girls" to refer to the females. > > > >> I really wish that english had better pronouns for this. > > > I really wish folks would dig a bit deeper into the thesaurus to find > appropriate words. One can use a variety of gender neutral words with some > simple re-writing. Remember, it's perfectly OK to employ singular "they" as > well. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they > > jc >
