Klarinet Archive - Posting 000772.txt from 2002/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] naming instruments
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:52:22 -0500

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:29:33 -0500, rbenson@-----.net said:

> You guys works for boys and girlys here in Florida...

Yes. That's not in dispute.

And, after all, *anything* works in Florida.

What's in dispute is whether the context-free use of the word 'guys' is
still skewed towards a masculine interpretation.

Tony
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