Yea, I write "guys" a lot. I'm aware of it. And I'm looking to improve.
Some other friends use geeks to stay gender neutral. Any other suggestions?
@maloki folks. peeps
Everyone.
Nice people.
Honoured guests/members/accomplices.
Fellow Earthicans.
Okay it's getting silly.
@schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki Oh yeah! Or the slightly more northern-English "youse"!
@cassolotl @schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki I went with "gentlepeople" in emails addressing larger groups.
@cassolotl @schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki
Hadn't heard that for a while- I think some Scouse friends used the term..
I tend to use the more Germanic "folk" for describing any mixed gender group of people (as its perhaps more immediately understood across EU and USA) for some reason I regularly and routinely get mistaken for a German online anyway 😁
@vfrmedia @schlink @WelshPixie @gargron @maloki Yeah, "youse" is grammatically a little different than "folk(s)", and also *very* Scouse-specific!
@ColinCooper @Gargron @maloki Folks, Meeps, People, Fellow Mastodonians, assholes... maybe not that last one.
@Gargron @maloki I struggle with this too. I'm getting better at it but still have to occasionally check myself, and I have a bad habit of saying things like 'hey man' regardless of who I'm talking to. Trying to stop that too. I go to folks, peeps, people, friends, or fart-faces. :D