Brooklynese in N.O.

[Bethany K. Dumas]

And I recall t-shirts from the early 1970s: "I Am NOT a guy."

Bethany

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Laurence Horn wrote:

>>A couple of years ago I read a letter to the editor of The Oregonian
>>(Portland) headed "Women are not guys."  I don't remember it being
>>impassioned, and I don't remember the precise argument, but the writer was
>>a woman and her premise was at least mildly feminist.
>>
>>Peter Mc.
>
>I'll second Jon's recommendation for anyone interested in that side
>of the issue (it's around p. 202 in the 1997 Hofstadter book).  For
>the other side, there's Clancy's _American Speech_ article:
>
>Clancy, Steven J. (1999)  The ascent of guy.  American Speech 74: 282-97.