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This is so bad in the audio/production industry. “Sound guys”, “lighting guys”, “IT guys”, etc. Over the last couple years I’ve made a concerted effort to expunge that stuff from my vocabulary. Guess what! It’s really not hard! xaprb.com/blog/you-guys/On twitter.com
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“Y’all” is a wonderful word filling an important gap in English. “Folks” and “people” are also great options depending on the context.Permalink On twitter.com
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It’s also shocking to me how many older engineers refer to inanimate objects like microphones and receivers as guys and give them male pronouns. “This guy sends a signal to that guy, then he acknowledges it over the network.” Wut? It would never even occur to me to say that.Permalink On twitter.com
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Ah yes, and this one. Fortunately, I hear this one relatively rarely, and usually only from non-native speakers. But still, don’t assume anything about your users’ identities thetuttingtutor/1106693512140148737Permalink On twitter.com
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(As an aside, does the word Expunge remind anyone else of the Mulberry email client?)Permalink On twitter.com