you guys

Mai Kuha mkuha at BSU.EDU
Wed Apr 16 01:29:22 UTC 2003


Just in case there is any doubt about whether the meaning of "you guys"
includes the feature [+male], here's what a male student said in class today
as we discussed gender differences in language (this is not an exact quote,
but very close): "I'm glad I'm not a woman--you guys have too many issues to
deal with!"

-mai



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