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Subject: 
Re: The Future of Trains
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Date: 
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 02:59:46 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Tommy Armstrong wrote:
"You guys" is unacceptable as gender specific

If you go far enough north it isn't!

They also use the other variant, youse guyses, as in, "You got da deep snow over
to youse guyses place, eh?" to which the response would be, "Ya, sure, but we
cleared da path to da sauna!"

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: The Future of Trains
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lugnet.lego
Date: 
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:37:56 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Duane Collicott wrote:
In lugnet.lego, Tommy Armstrong wrote:
"You guys" is unacceptable as gender specific

If you go far enough north it isn't!

They also use the other variant, youse guyses, as in, "You got da deep snow over
to youse guyses place, eh?" to which the response would be, "Ya, sure, but we
cleared da path to da sauna!"

:)

And don't forget, 'sauna' is a three-syllable word.  The 'u' is not silent!

Steve

 

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