Hmm... where do you make the cut off for "young" women? In my
new England circle
of female friends in the early 70s, "guys" was regularly used to refer to
groups of mixed gender, or all female groups. What this indicates
to me is a lack of a second person plural form; something like
the "y'all" I hear down here in the south.
Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask]
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388
College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
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