Re: guys != gender neutral

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Sep 28, 2012, at 3:29 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:

> > "Folks"?  I really do mean "folks" when I write "guys",
>
> <pedantry>
>
> folk is the plural 
>
> and, as far as the use of gender-biased terms, as someone said well the
> other day, when you are in a hole, stop digging
>
> randy

According to my Dictionary, both "folk" and "folks" are acceptable plurals.

Owen