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From: root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Dividing Line
Message-ID: <988@trwatf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 14:18:34 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 14:18:34 1985
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In article <541@hou5g.UUCP> jdh@hou5g.UUCP (Julia Harper) writes:
> 
> Actually, a large part of the problem is that young men are referred
> to as guys or fellows, and there is no equivalent vernacular for
> young women.
> 		
> (You know:	0-18	16-35?	30+
> 		boy,	guy,	man
> 		girl,	?	woman )

I tend to refer to all of my close acquaintences as "you guys" thanks to this
problem... including the females, unless there is a need to emphasis
the distinction between girl/friend/women.
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