Since we all know that on the Internet "the men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents", I think saying "guys" is OK. -----Original Message----- From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:jra@baylink.com] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:39 PM To: NANOG Subject: Re: guys != gender neutral ----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>
When did "people" stop being an acceptable gender-neutral substitute for {guys,gals}?
As a form of address. "Hey, people" is ... well, nearly abrasive. (Envision a waitron walking up to a mixed table of 10.) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274