Because i'm not a native English speaker and it has always bothered me that people use "guys" as a general term.Im_MegaDeath wrote: »Why cant guys include everyone?Why exclude half the population?Im_MegaDeath wrote: »GUYS!!!!!
Because i'm not a native English speaker and it has always bothered me that people use "guys" as a general term.Im_MegaDeath wrote: »Why cant guys include everyone?Why exclude half the population?Im_MegaDeath wrote: »GUYS!!!!!
I once tried to address a group of young woman with "you girls", needless to say that didn't go quite as planned.
Apparently they prefer to be addressed with "you guys" which seemed perfectly normal to them.
I can assure you it is quite odd to someone who had to learn English by actually thinking about the meaning of the words ...
Because i'm not a native English speaker and it has always bothered me that people use "guys" as a general term.Im_MegaDeath wrote: »Why cant guys include everyone?Why exclude half the population?Im_MegaDeath wrote: »GUYS!!!!!
I once tried to address a group of young woman with "you girls", needless to say that didn't go quite as planned.
Apparently they prefer to be addressed with "you guys" which seemed perfectly normal to them.
I can assure you it is quite odd to someone who had to learn English by actually thinking about the meaning of the words ...
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