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Re: guys != gender neutral
From: Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks () strath ac uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:22:45 +0100 (BST)
On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Landon Stewart wrote:
On 27 September 2012 11:34, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:When did "people" stop being an acceptable gender-neutral substitute for {guys,gals}? OwenUsing the word 'people' is good but I like to say 'humans'. What's up humans? Can I get you humans to drink? This rarely offends anyone.
This discussion is a well-trodden (and tediously dull) path. My favourite response to it: http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=UVMRESNET&D=0&P=2278 Thank you Jason Healy. Jethro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks, Network Manager, Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.
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