On Monday 02 May 2016 03:31:50 Doug wrote: > On 05/01/2016 01:07 PM, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > > On Sun, 01 May 2016 09:13:30 +0000, Curt wrote: > >> I suppose you've tried the obvious (cough) like starting Firefox in safe > >> mode, > >> refreshing the sucker, renaming prefs.js, using a virgin profile and the > >> like (or have you already told us that upthread somewhere). > > > > Yes, I tried all these. > > > >> And gals. > > > > Certainly. Gals actually go first without saying. > > > > Seriously. This one was quite an interesting remark. You see, these days, > > here on Canadian West Coast, most of people, especially young people, > > use "guys" for both guys and gals. And it always seemed to me that gals > > were promoting this change more actively than guys. I actually personally > > do not like the change much and it took me some time to get used to it. > > > > And now, when I'd used it just without much thinking any more... Bingo... > > You got me. :-) > > > > It looks like people at your place still use two distinct terms. :-) > > Where are you? > > I was stationed in California in the late 50s and the usage was common > there way back then. I come from New York, and I was not used ot that, but > I think it > is more commonly used even in New York.
Yes, but not this side of the pond. Lisi
