"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in
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>
> "Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> >>You hit a nerve. I'm a part-time grammar cop, and "guy/guys" drives
>> >>me up the wall.
>> >
>> >
>> > I think it's a regional/generational thing. I wouldn't think twice
>> > about asking my female friends, you guys want to go out for lunch?
>> > Doesn't offend me in the least if a waiter/bartender refers to me
>> > as such. Having said that, "What can I get you?" does seem to
>> > suffice.
>>
>> > nancy
>>
>> I'm with you nancy. What bothers me more is being called sir
>> <shudder>
>> Am I getting that old? Well, I guess maybe I am...
>>
>
> It is a regional thing. In my neck of the woods, it's always 'you
> guys wanna play cribbage?' or 'you guys wanna shoot pool?; feh, it's
> colloquial, and akin to 'ya'll'.
>
> Calling me 'buddy' without knowing me from adam yanks my chain.
>
> Jack Youse
>
>

I understand and basically agree. However, "you guys" or "yousse guys"
evokes memories and images of the black leather-jacketed high school kids
who hung out on the corner. I was *not* one of those.

Wayne