[Ads-l] dude = 'person of any gender'

[Horatius]

We definitely have lots of examples of using 'you guys' to address crowds of mixed gender.

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Aan 28 jan. 2021 01:57, Jonathan Lighter schreef:

> Not new, but worth noting:
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> Gina McCarthy, White House Climate Adviser (age 66), on CNN just now:
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> "I'm the dude who's supposed to deliver this in a timely way."
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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