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

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS has several figurative "guys" (applied to women) from as early as
(IIRC) the '30s. (Or at least many decades ago.)

JL

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:14 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Yes, but as mentioned upthread we’re talking singular, non-vocative uses
> of “guy".  “You guys” is neither.
>
> > On Jan 27, 2021, at 11:44 PM, Horatius <
> 00000e76b69c74bf-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > We definitely have lots of examples of using 'you guys' to address
> crowds of mixed gender.
> >
> > Verzonden met ProtonMail Mobile
> >
> > -------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
> > Aan 28 jan. 2021 01:57, Jonathan Lighter schreef:
> >
> >> Not new, but worth noting:
> >>
> >> Gina McCarthy, White House Climate Adviser (age 66), on CNN just now:
> >>
> >> "I'm the dude who's supposed to deliver this in a timely way."
> >>
> >> JL
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