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    Thanks guys - also to girls and woman?

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    Thanks guys - also to girls and woman?

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    In this forum, "thanks guys" was the response to two postings, one of which was done by a woman.

    Is this correct?
    And... what is the English expression which correctly summarizes all "formulas" of that kind -, the English equivalent of our German "Floskel"?

    TKS.
    AuthorMichael Uplawski14 Aug 03, 09:01
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    "Thanks, guys and gals", wenn es ebenso informell sein soll.
    #1AuthorWerner14 Aug 03, 09:07
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    'guys' can refer to a group of people irrespective of sex...
    I would use it to refer to an all female group as well as mixed or all male,
    but only ever informally.
    #2AuthorNicole (UK)14 Aug 03, 09:15
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    ..and of course there was the film 'Guys and Dolls' from Damon Runyan's short story. But, nowadays 'guys' refers to both guys and dolls. If Damon were alive to-day, he would turn over in his grave !
    #3AuthorJGMcI14 Aug 03, 09:28
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    @JGMcI: Wonderful! 8-)

    May I use this?
    Wenn xyz heute noch am Leben wäre, würde er sich im Grab umdrehen...

    I love it!
    #4AuthorMichael Uplawski14 Aug 03, 10:18
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    @JGMcI: Good one. But I'd have said "turn in his grave" without the 'over'. Then I checked Google --
    to turn
    to turn over
    to roll over
    to roll
    ...........in one's grave

    Also:
    related discussion
    #5AuthorGhol ‹GB›14 Aug 03, 10:34
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    @Michael Uplawski: Viel Lustiger ist aber: "Der würde sich um GRabe umdrehen, wenn er nicht noch leben würd."
    #6AuthorAlexander Dreyer14 Aug 03, 10:53
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    @ghol<GB> Yes, Ghol, you are right,the 'over' was unnecessary
    @michael uplawski - use it by all means I don't know who it belongs to. It's one of those old jokes that the Irish use to make fun of their own way of speech.
    #7AuthorJGMcI14 Aug 03, 15:29
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    @Alexander: Aber das Lustige ist ja, dass der englische Satz widersprüchlich ist. Dabei dauert es aber ein paar Momente bis man es begreift.
    #8AuthorMichael Uplawski14 Aug 03, 16:05
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    Note, however: 'guys' plural can be nonspecific gender, but 'guy' singular is *always* male.
    #9AuthorPeter Samuelson28 Aug 03, 20:15
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    Just to confirm what Nicole wrote: In spoken or casual written AE, we would not say thanks guys and gals nor especially guys and dolls. 'Guys' has become the general term.
    #10AuthorNancy28 Aug 03, 20:31
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    Mir hat man mal hier (US) erklaert (wohl nicht so ganz ernst gemeint...) dass 'you guys' die informale Anrede ist - also so als ob man im Deutschen mit Leuten per Du ist und 'you' dann eher 'Sie' bedeutet.
    #11AuthorBA29 Aug 03, 01:23
     
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