Re: all at a sudden Firefox
While I agree with the general principle, "guys" doesn't really work in mixed company (most women definitely do not want to be "one of the guys"). "People" probably works better.
But it might give one second thoughts about using the word "guy" at all if one knew the origin of the word: It comes from Guy Fawkes and originally referred to his effigy traditionally hanged on Guy Fawkes Day.
John L. Ries
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From: cbannister@slingshot.co.nz <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:05 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: all at a sudden Firefox
On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 08:39:58PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 01 May 2016 19:43:37 Curt wrote:
> > As far as here goes, in mixed company, the masculine form takes
> > precedence (which may or may not have anything to do with anything).
>
> Depending. "Guys" can indeed sometimes be used as the common gender, and it
> is "man"kind. But I object to "Sirs"!!!
Me too! I definitely haven't been knighted.
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and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.
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