When girls are 'guys'

[Natasha]

When girls are 'guys'

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/06/15/when_girls_are_guys/
6/15/2008

"CAN GUYS, IF they're plural, be dolls? The debate resurfaced recently
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after reader Eugene P. Foley complained
about waiters who greet men and women as "you guys."

[lady amarant]

I know it's technically wrong and stuff, but pretty-much anybody aged 30 or younger uses it as a unisex term without batting an eyelid. I do occasionally catch myself and switch to something else, but really, very few people care.

~Simone.

[Hypatia]

I'm aware that it's so entrenched in popular usage that nothing can be done about it. But I still don't like it. I'm trying to remember not to say it to women-- but years of habit are hard to break.

[LynnER]

hey guys!! <at everyone LoL>
Or even worse...

Hey Dude!!  <at everyone>  whats this world coming to when something that was meant for only one gender is sudnly a common term for any living breathing human under the age of 40 <or 30 as the case might be>

Its not like it does any damage or people will look at you weird if your addressed like that... so no worries.

[Mnemosyne]

I know a couple of people who use Dudes for everything and everyone. I noticed it had pretty heavy usage with some groups of younger women as well.

Eh, whatever.

[TamTam]

I don't really call people dude, I use it as more of an exclamation- "Duuuuuuude!" if I'm shocked about something, lol.  It doesn't matter if I'm talking to a woman or a man.  But I don't say it very often.

I do call groups of people 'guys.'  I suppose because.. what else am I supposed to call them? "Guys and girls" is too long, sounds a little awkward.. "people" isn't really as informal..

[Raye]

(old post, I know)

I call everyone "Dude" unless they look like and act like a woman.
And when someone says "Hey guys!" when I'm around, i just smile. I'm not one otherwise to people.

[Lori]

Two of the prettiest girls in my whole company call each other "dude"

Yo dude....check this out. They are so feminine and pretty yet....it is funny to hear them talk.

[Raye]

I would think it would be! It makes me smile thinking about it.