From: kiel <kiel@webpre.com>
Subject: Re: Goodbye to compiling and linking. Every Database guy must know this!
Date: 1998/04/22
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John Carlson wrote:
> 
> Matt Cremer wrote:
> >
> > I thought the term "guys" had generally gone beyond referring to a
> > particular sex, but referred to a collection of people of any sex? I
> > don't think I've addressed a group of people as "guys" and referred only
> > to half of them for quite a while now! ;-)
> >
> > -Forg
> 
> Being from "up North" (USA), guys was always a generic term.  I've found
> out that it means differently here in the South (USA).
> 
> John Carlson

And there is the minor but important distinction between the singular
and 
plural forms of the word.

I'd say "Hey, you guys" is not gender specific (in fact it pretty much
has 
become synonymous with the 2nd person plural pronoun you), whereas
"Every guy" 
definitely refers to males. 

(How about that for an ESLer blabbering about english? :) )

Christian