"man" vs. "guy" redux

[Douglas Bigham]

But..... As I probably said last time... some of us (males) CAN use "guys" to
address an all female group.  I did it today (naturally) and no one even
bothered to comment.

-dsb
Douglas S. Bigham
University of Texas - Austin

In a message dated 11/19/2002 8:11:05 AM Central Standard Time,
hstahlke at WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:

> Around here, as reported elsewhere, "guys" can
> be used of mixed groups by either sex, of all- male groups by either sex,
> but of all-female groups only by women.


-dsb
Douglas S. Bigham
University of Texas - Austin