In 3rd grade, we taught our friend from Tennessee how to say you guys, instead of ya’ll. By my senior year, it became dudes. Hey, dudes. In my junior year of college, I learned to use other gender neutral expressions to refer to women, particularly self-avowed feminists, and mixed company, instead of the otherwise acceptable you guys. And in my 4th year study abroad with dudes from Philly, I was back to saying you guys–but adding an s to you. Hey, everyone says yous guys in Philly.
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