We may not all be guys. We may not all be gals. But we are definitely all CLOWNS. This is a substitution that should be acceptable to all and it really works.
Sales-clown. Yep! Mail-clown. Yep! Fire-clown. Yep! Police-clown. Yep! Congress-clown. Yep! Yep! -----Original Message----- From: Landon Stewart [mailto:lstew...@superb.net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:56 PM To: Owen DeLong Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: guys != gender neutral On 27 September 2012 11:34, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > When did "people" stop being an acceptable gender-neutral substitute > for {guys,gals}? > > Owen > > Using the word 'people' is good but I like to say 'humans'. What's up humans? Can I get you humans to drink? This rarely offends anyone. -- Landon Stewart <lstew...@superb.net> Sr. Administrator Systems Engineering Superb Internet Corp - 888-354-6128 x 4199 Web hosting and more "Ahead of the Rest": http://www.superbhosting.net
