[PD] Re: [OT][PD-dev] pddp style guide

[derek holzer]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2005, at 6:39 PM, Thomas Grill wrote:
>>
>> Am 30.04.2005 um 22:58 schrieb Anton Woldhek:
>>> Hello guys,
>>
>> May indeed be true, but i try to repress the sad possibility.
>> I idealistically hope the PD community might somehow reflect the real  
>> world.
> 
> Well, I can only speak for American usage, but when you address a large  
> group of people as "guys", it is generally assumed to be  
> gender-neutral.  Women will often it use it that way also.

I happen to like "y'all" as a gender-neutral form of adress myself. Even 
more American than "guys", however, and I doubt that "y'all" has made it 
into "standard Euro-English" usage yet...

d.
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