**→ @Elizafox@vulpine.club** @Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me · Jun 07, 2018, 01:20

**→ @Elizafox@vulpine.club** @Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me · Jun 07, 2018, 01:20

A debate on IRC got me wondering: how is "guys" perceived, as in "you guys" or "guys" as the leading word in a sentence...

to me it's gender neutral but to many it addresses a group of men

**Kaito / Katie Sinclaire** @KS · 2018-06-07T01:26:39Z

Kaito / Katie Sinclaire @KS

@Elizafox for reference: i grew up in the southeast (north carolina)

"you guys" is gender neutral imo

Jun 07, 2018, 01:26 · Web · 0 · 1

**→ @Elizafox@vulpine.club** @Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me · Jun 07, 2018, 01:26

**→ @Elizafox@vulpine.club** @Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me · Jun 07, 2018, 01:26

@KS I'm Chicagoan and that's how I see it.

**Catgirl** @catgirl@sleeping.town · Jun 07, 2018, 01:38

**Catgirl** @catgirl@sleeping.town · Jun 07, 2018, 01:38

@KS @Elizafox It certainly beats the alternative "you all" which contracts naturally to "y'all", something "you guys" is simply not capable of.