[156833] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: guys != gender neutral
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Thu Sep 27 15:39:31 2012
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:39:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <2DE28166-3AEB-451D-80E6-FA00331D8D45@delong.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen@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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