as "guys"-- as in: "Are you guys hungry"?
Please list you age with your answer.
2007-09-12 10:13:42 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I have been asked "what's age have to with it". Do you not realize that "guy" originally exclusively meant "males" and the whole object of my question was to see if the change in the meaning of the word bothered older people and/or if younger people even realized it changed?
2007-09-12 10:46:10 · update #1
Nah, I'm from the south and we use the generic ya'll as in
"Are ya'll hungry? Wanna get something to eat?" Oh, and I'm somewhere between puberty and death LOL
2007-09-12 10:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
No. It doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I will refer to a group of people...male, female or a group of both as "guys".
Maybe that's because I work in public safety and since it is a male dominated field, I just got used to being referred to as "just one of the guys".
I'm a 37 year old female.
EMT
2007-09-12 16:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... YES YES YES YES YES YES YES... an infinity-times, YES!
I realize these days the term "guys" is becoming more of a "genderless" term, but too many terms are becoming devoid of their original meanings.
I work at a pizza chain, and someday... I would LOVE to go up to a table full of men, and say, "So, what would you GALS like to order today?" and just SEE what reactions I'd get!!! When I train other wait-staff, I usually tell them to STOP using "GUYS" and start using "FOLKS," it's not gender-based, and who can get offended by being called FOLKS?
I remember when a customer came up to the wait-station and told the one waitress bluntly, "By the way, I am NOT a GUY!"
I also remember when the superintendant of the local schools came to give a talk to our group of business WOMEN... ALL women.. he was the ONLY Male in the room. At the end of his speech, he said, "if any of you GUYS would like to ask questions..." Well... I sort of "tilted" my head in bewilderment when I heard it, he caught the gesture, and then apologized... "well, ladies, I mean."
Referring to ladies and gentlemen by their respective gender terms shows respect. If the group is mixed, then genderless terms like "folks" should be employed.
Have a polite day!
My AGE???? OH MY!!! It's not polite to ask a lady her age!
2007-09-12 12:06:04 · answer #3 · answered by wyomugs 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It only bothers me when the entire group is female. They should be saying are you ladies or gals hungry? I think men would be upset if they were asked "are you gals hungry" and then told it's just a figure of speech.
I'm 51.
2007-09-12 10:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by J M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, and even if i'm talking to an entirely male group of friends I know them well enough to say "would you girls like to get a drink." I think it depends on everyones level of comfort. 18 btw.
2007-09-12 11:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2007-09-12 10:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by zannakc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. They aren't calling you a guy, rather using it in a slang form for a group of people. I'm 32
2007-09-12 10:21:16 · answer #7 · answered by Erin 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Nope...
Although typically I'll use the phrase "y'all" if it's a mixed gender group. (Which sometimes gets me weird looks 'cuz I'm about as "city" as you can imagine & they typically only expect "country-folk" to use that phrase)
Age: 36
2007-09-12 10:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, "guys" is just a general term used to refer to everyone!
2007-09-12 10:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by hiccup_snickup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stopped bugging me about 20 years ago. I'm over 40.
2007-09-12 10:17:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋