Klarinet Archive - Posting 000777.txt from 2002/10
From: "Roger Benson" <rbenson@-----.net> Subj: RE: [kl] naming instruments Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:13:31 -0500
I know, I just couldn't resist. It is too complicated a question
for us down here, after all us guy's can't even figure out how to
vote yet. Don't mean to be flip.
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From: Tony Pay [mailto:Tony@-----.uk]
Subject: RE: [kl] naming instruments
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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