[156856] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: guys != gender neutral
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Landon Stewart)
Thu Sep 27 19:14:07 2012
In-Reply-To: <CACnPsNXEApC_Ycmr3d61M5P+RsAjf8ZBjNcwqUYUYSTdz4LCfw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:13:55 -0700
From: Landon Stewart <lstewart@superb.net>
To: Scott Howard <scott@doc.net.au>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 27 September 2012 16:08, Scott Howard <scott@doc.net.au> wrote:
> The Oxford English dictionary apparently disagrees with you.
>
>
> http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/guy?region=us&q=guys
> (*guys*) people of either sex: * you guys want some coffee?
> *
>
> As other many words in the English language there are multiple definitions,
> and one of those definitions is gender specific - but the one above is very
> much gender neutral ("either sex" - it doesn't get much clearer than that!)
>
>
Well played Scott, well played.
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