[Publib] "You Guys"

[Shaw, Matthew M]

I concur that "you guys" is "an all-inclusive, multi-gender form of
address." I can also report, having grown up with a mom from the North
and a dad from the South that "you guys" and "y'all" are synonymous.
 
For those uncomfortable saying "y'all," I recommend the variation "you
all." My mom eventually embraced it.

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of GraceAnne Andreassi
DeCandido
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:29 PM
To: John; publib at webjunction.org; Kathleen Horan
Subject: RE: [Publib] "You Guys"


YOU GUYS is an all-inclusive, multi-gender form of address in The Bronx,
New York City, where I was born, raised, educated, and still live in a
house built in 1927 (or 1911, the sources are not definitive). 


GraceAnne 





 






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