On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:41:57 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> Jeroen Roovers posted on Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:08:24 +0100 as excerpted:
>
> > On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:26:16 +0100 Christian Ruppert
> > <id...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey guys,
> >
> > Only half of people? :)
>
> That's just /begging/ a reply. (In reference to "begging the
> question" and the controversy surrounding it. Linguists and
> perscriptivists vs. descriptivists, etc. An entirely different topic
> but look up language log for some /hours/ of interesting reading, if
> you're ever bored. =:^)
>
> On wictionary, "guys" has three definitions:
First of all, wikctionary. Get real. Second of all, most of us don't
need a dictionary to be in the right. Either you respectfully address
all users and developers on the announce list, or you don't even
respond like the original writer didn't. :)
jer
