Extravagant Question: Guys and ...

[nq:1]What is the pair word for "Guy" according to female.[/nq]
Gal.

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[nq:1]What is the pair word for "Guy" according to female.[/nq]
Doll, according to the classic musical.
With best wishes,
Peter.

Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004. (US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired. http://pnyoung.or

[nq:2]What is the pair word for "Guy" according to female.[/nq]
[nq:1]Doll, according to the classic musical.[/nq]
That would certainly be the American pairing, but in Britain it would normally be 'Gal' - it would depend on the circumstances though.

[nq:2]What is the pair word for "Guy" according to female.[/nq]
[nq:1]Doll, according to the classic musical.[/nq]
Doesn't "Guys and Dolls" include a description of who calls them dolls? Something like, "If they ..., we's calls them dolls." I havent' seen the show since 1977, but I remember that part. I think it was a set of fictional gamblers, but maybe real horsebetters use the same term

[nq:2]What is the pair word for "Guy" according to female.[/nq]
[nq:1]Doll, according to the classic musical. With best wishes,[/nq]
"Doll" may have worked in Damon Runyon's day, but it isn't really acceptable today. It's not really offensive, but - like "chick", "babe", and "broad" - it's not going to go over that well with most females.
"Gals" seems to be a word that older women use

[nq:1]Twice yesterday a young female addressed my wife and I as "guys".[/nq]
ObAEU and Oy. "addressed my wife and I as..."? Really, Tony.

Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed

[nq:1]On 17 Feb 2010, tony cooper wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Twice yesterday a young female addressed my wife and I as "guys".[/nq]
[nq:1]ObAEU and Oy. "addressed my wife and I as..."? Really, Tony.[/nq]
You're being very harsh, we all make the odd slip now and again. ;-)

In fact, in many parts of rural England that would be considered the accepted construction.
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[nq:2]Doll, according to the classic musical.[/nq]
[nq:1]That would certainly be the American pairing, but in Britain it would normally be 'Gal' - it would depend on the circumstances though.[/nq]
My mother preferred "gal", because that is how she referred to herself and her pals. They scoffed at "doll", which they defined as "an empty-headed plaything".
As for that musical play...well

[nq:1]On 17 Feb 2010, tony cooper wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Twice yesterday a young female addressed my wife and I as "guys".[/nq]
[nq:1]ObAEU and Oy. "addressed my wife and I as..."? Really, Tony.[/nq]
I'd apologize if it was a slip, but - fact is - I probably say it that way 95% of the time.

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[nq:2]On 17 Feb 2010, tony cooper wrote ObAEU and Oy. "addressed my wife and I as..."? Really, Tony.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd apologize if it was a slip, but - fact is - I probably say it that way 95% of the time.[/nq]
I probably wouldn't even notice it outside of t'groops...

Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed