Klarinet Archive - Posting 000781.txt from 2002/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] naming instruments
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:35:11 -0500

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:08:20 -0800, gshannon@-----.com said:

> At 10:52 PM +0100 10/29/02, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > What's in dispute is whether the context-free use of the word 'guys'
> > is still skewed towards a masculine interpretation.
>
> It's not just "guys"; the complete form is "you guys".
>
> Glen

(By the way, before I reply to this, I'd like to say that I find it
really irritating that 'you guys' use 'top replying' all the time. It
means that it's difficult to put your responses into the context in
which they're made, as I have, after some effort, above.)

(Of course, it's the default in the crap software you use, for the
unreasonable dominance of which we have to thank Kevin Fay, Micro$oft
lawyer and member of this list, amongst others.)

But to continue: well, perhaps you're right. But that would mean that
the gender reference of:

"Hey, guys," is different from:

"Guys, I want to...."

...which is different from:

"You guys! I want to...."

Really?

Tony
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