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Can I use “you guys” when it includes gals? [Northeast USA] [duplicate]
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Is “guy” gender-neutral?
I'm in the Northeast USA.
I'm about to email 3 people, 2 are women
It is ok to say "I thought you guys would find this ...
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Why is “guinea pig” used as the colloquial term for test subjects?
Why do we refer to people as guinea pigs when discussing the subjects of an informal experiment? Surely mice, rabbits and rats are much more common experimental subjects. Indeed, it's rare that you'll ...
