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Hi everybody,
Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard? Youth talk etc?
Thanks a lot.
Joe
Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard? Youth talk etc?
Thanks a lot.
Joe
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[nq:1]Hi everybody, Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard? Youth talk etc?
- [nq:1]Hi everybody, Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"?
- Is is substandard?
- Youth talk etc?
- [/nq] Hi Joe, The way I have understood this from working with Americans, "you guys" is used for both male and female, but only in a mixed group.
- Take the men out of the group and the greeting should revert once again to a feminine term.
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[nq:1]Hi everybody, Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard? Youth talk etc? Thanks a lot.[/nq]
Hi Joe,
The way I have understood this from working with Americans, "you guys" is used for both male and female, but only in a mixed group. Take the men out of the group and the greeting should revert
Hi Joe,
The way I have understood this from working with Americans, "you guys" is used for both male and female, but only in a mixed group. Take the men out of the group and the greeting should revert
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[nq:1]Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard?[/nq]
It's not common in formal use. You hear it often in informal use but it's not used as a synonym for girls, only in certain phrases such as "you guys."
It's not common in formal use. You hear it often in informal use but it's not used as a synonym for girls, only in certain phrases such as "you guys."
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[nq:1]Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard? Youth talk etc?[/nq]
I suspect you'll get more heat from the term "girls." Young women regularly refer to other young women in casual speech as "you guys." This is the case nowadays, and thenadays.
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Dear
I suspect you'll get more heat from the term "girls." Young women regularly refer to other young women in casual speech as "you guys." This is the case nowadays, and thenadays.
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Dear
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[nq:2]Is it really true that in American English it's quite common nowadays to address girls or to refer to them as "guys"? Is is substandard?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's not common in formal use.[/nq]
I'd say it's informal by definition.
[nq:1]You hear it often in informal use but it's not used as a synonym for girls, only in certain phrases such as "you guys."[/nq]
Right. It's a gender-neutr
[nq:1]It's not common in formal use.[/nq]
I'd say it's informal by definition.
[nq:1]You hear it often in informal use but it's not used as a synonym for girls, only in certain phrases such as "you guys."[/nq]
Right. It's a gender-neutr
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[nq:2]Hi everybody, Is it really true that in American English ... "guys"? Is is substandard? Youth talk etc? Thanks a lot.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi Joe, The way I have understood this from working with Americans, "you guys" is used for both male and female, but only in a mixed group. Take the men out of the group and the greeting should revert once again to a feminine term.[/nq]
That is dead wrong;
[nq:1]Hi Joe, The way I have understood this from working with Americans, "you guys" is used for both male and female, but only in a mixed group. Take the men out of the group and the greeting should revert once again to a feminine term.[/nq]
That is dead wrong;
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[nq:1]The way I have understood this from working with Americans, "you guys" is used for both male and female, but only in a mixed group. Take the men out of the group and the greeting should revert once again to a feminine term.[/nq]
Not so. "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable informal way of addressing a group of girls.
Not so. "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable informal way of addressing a group of girls.
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[nq:2]The way I have understood this from working with Americans, ... the greeting should revert once again to a feminine term.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not so. "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable informal way of addressing a group of girls.[/nq]
As are "these guys" and "those guys". In these phrases (in my dialect, at least), "guys" is simply a marker of plurality. And, in my dialect, it's pretty much
[nq:1]Not so. "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable informal way of addressing a group of girls.[/nq]
As are "these guys" and "those guys". In these phrases (in my dialect, at least), "guys" is simply a marker of plurality. And, in my dialect, it's pretty much
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