[ot] guys Re: [PD] RE: [PD-dev] pddp style guide

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 30, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Thomas Grill wrote:

>>>
>>> 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'm sorry, will update my command of English and my dictionaries...  
> maybe the latter have that strange perspective.

I am not talking definitions here, but idiomatic usage, so don't change  
the dictionaries just yet ;).  But I think just about everyone here  
shares your desire for a more diverse Pd community, me included.

.hc

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