"Southern" Sororities?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by macallan25

You have never heard or used the term "guys" when referring to a group of people.......like "hey guys, what are you doing?"

I have to admit, macallan, that 'round here if you use "guys" like that, people will assume you've been spending too much time up North. It's considered yankee-speak.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

I have to admit, macallan, that 'round here if you use "guys" like that, people will assume you've been spending too much time up North. It's considered yankee-speak.

When I was in middle school, my parents used to get on to me for saying "you guys", saying I'd been corrupted by my Yankee invader friends at school ... I don't think I've said it too much ever since.

[MysticCat]

^^^^^^^LOL, mine too. I think they were sure that the use of "guys" or "you guys" (unless it was, in fact, addressed to a group of males) was a sign that the TV needed to be turned off before I picked up anymore foreign expressions.

[AlphaFrog]

I made the mistake of saying "you guys" in front of my cousin's freinds in Dyersburg, TN. They immediatly stopped what they were doing and turned and looked at me and said "Ya'll from Chicago, ain't ya'll?" Well, Peoria, IL...close enough.

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

I have to admit, macallan, that 'round here if you use "guys" like that, people will assume you've been spending too much time up North. It's considered yankee-speak.

I say "you guys" all the time.
Is spending too much time up North a bad thing?

<===== Native New Yorker

[macallan25]

I hear "you guys" down South all the time. Oh well.

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I hear "you guys" down South all the time. Oh well.

Are you in Atlanta with a bunch of Northern transplants? That doesn't count.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I hear "you guys" down South all the time. Oh well.

It's called "male-centered language" and is part of perpetuating a patriarchal and sexist society.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

It's called "male-centered language" and is part of perpetuating a patriarchal and sexist society.

Or it's because you have to default to something.

Is Spanish sexist because a group of girls plus even one guy is masculine?

[shinerbock]

Dst, please wear a special shirt or something, so that I won't try and hold the door open for you.

on a side note, what school did you go to, PCU?

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Dst, please wear a special shirt or something, so that I won't try and hold the door open for you.

on a side note, what school did you go to, PCU?

I liked that movie.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Dst, please wear a special shirt or something, so that I won't try and hold the door open for you.

on a side note, what school did you go to, PCU?

Whatever this means.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Is Spanish sexist because a group of girls plus even one guy is masculine?

Yes.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Yes.

If there isn't a gender neutral term, using the masculine is automatically sexist? You have to use something! I'm sorry for the years of oppression you must have suffered being called "Los" or by people saying "hey you guys" (even to a group of girls)

That's not sexism...

/Neither is the word "woman"
//"Womyn" is stupid

[PhrozenGod01]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

It's called "male-centered language" and is part of perpetuating a patriarchal and sexist society.

Sorry guys.