Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!gateway From: gt4115a@prism.gatech.EDU ("HARDIE,PETER THOMAS") Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Gendered pronouns Message-ID: <28036@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 7 May 91 17:10:20 GMT References: <14639@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 13 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: blanche.ics.uci.edu In article <14639@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> handel!farmerl@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU (lisa ann farmer) writes: >And while we are on the subject, does anyone have a good phrase to replace >"you guys" when talking to a group of people? I don't like "folks" because it >just isn't me. Why not "y'all"? It's got a good history, is accurate ('you all'), and will drive anyone from the North crazy :-) -- Pete Hardie Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt4115a Internet: gt4115a@prism.gatech.edu