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[robot_god]

And as for the "you guys" replacements, what about "you folks?"  Can I do that?

Hmm.  With an all-female group, I think "folks" sounds more awkward than "guys."  Maybe it flies with a mixed group, or maybe if you wore a cowboy hat and a bolo.

You know, now that I think of it, this is a big problem with English.  The plural of 'you' is 'you?'  What the fuck is that?  Are you to supposed to use hand gestures or something?

[littlefallsmets]

I've come to the realization that the proper gender-neutral replacement for gender-specific group terms like "you guys" or "you girls" is "party people".

"Hey, you guys but actually some ladies too, come over here... there's a screening of The Queen."

"Hey, gals plus a guy, come over here... there's a screening of An Inconvenient Truth."

OR

"Hey, party people, come over here... there's a screening of The Fog of War."

The clear difference.

[coldfrog]

"Hey, party people, come over here... there's a screening of The Fog of War."

Come on, party people, put your hands in the air.
Come on, party people, lets watch a bunch of documentaries.

Also, the roof is on fire because it was built under a hole in the ozone layer.

[CortJstr]

Come on, party people, put your hands in the air.
Come on, party people, lets watch a bunch of documentaries.

Also, the roof is on fire because it was built under a hole in the ozone layer.

Can'd.

Apparently R2DTrousers comes from a town populated by nothing but R. Lee Ermey's and The Miz's.

[CortJstr]

My caledonian eyebrow hoists quizzically at your obscure cultural references.

(clarification: I have two eyebrows and both of them are caledonian)

Edit: gah Full Metal Jacket I saw that. Fair enough.

Everybody show know the genius of R. Lee Ermey. But the Miz is one of those reality show jerk-offs with a fauxhawk and he says "hoo-ra" a lot. Apparently because he either thinks he's a marine or just really wants to meet some.

[side_show]

Come on, party people, put your hands in the air.
Come on, party people, lets watch a bunch of documentaries.

Also, the roof is on fire because it was built under a hole in the ozone layer.

I keep giving you cans.  That is what I do.

Also, maybe I'll just start using vous.  Everyone round here would get it.  No.  No. Party People is definitely better.  I'll report back after a couple applications.

[CortJstr]

You know, now that I think of it, this is a big problem with English.  The plural of 'you' is 'you?'  What the fuck is that?  Are you to supposed to use hand gestures or something?

I thought that Spanish (in this hemispere) didn't have a plural version of you (familiar) either. Or do they just use ustedes?

Anyway. I like diznoofuses. As in "gizzizup, my diznoofuses."

[AugustWest]

Anyway. I like diznoofuses. As in "gizzizup, my diznoofuses."

You just received the Phil Hartman Memorial Tiny Can of Dr. Pepper.

[CortJstr]

You just received the Phil Hartman Memorial Tiny Can of Dr. Pepper.

I'd like to thank August, the Academy, and the good people at Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor. And of course, Colon Blow.

[Bjorn the Destroyer]

I thought that Spanish (in this hemispere) didn't have a plural version of you (familiar) either. Or do they just use ustedes?

Anyway. I like diznoofuses. As in "gizzizup, my diznoofuses."

I'm not one to speculate on the espanol. But in Brazilian Portuguese, we do have plural "you"s, but we basically don't care to use them because the Portuguese use them and we don't care much for anything from Portugal with the exception possibly of fortified wines.

Friday fun fact: Did you know that in America, they tell Polish jokes, but in Brazil, they tell jokes about people from Portugal? It's the truth!

Example: Why do Portuguese cars have windshield wipers on the inside? Because they drive their cars like this! (pantomime turning a steering wheel and making engine noises with your mouth, spraying spittle for effect as you do so.)

[iron_felix]

Having spent most of my formative years in Georgia, for about thirteen years of my life I had to consciously avoid using the word "y'all."  Now one of my friends here in Arizona has consciously adopted it as a more PC means of addressing people.  Go figure.  I'm sure there will be plenty of people who disagree with me on this, but I think society has applied "you guys" indiscriminately for long enough now to neuter it as a phrase.  I have used it myself with exclusively female groups before without it feeling awkward or anything.  I absolutely cannot abide by the possessive "you guys's," however.  I used to think that that monstrosity was confined to the script of Napoleon Dynamite, but sadly this has proven not to be the case.

I believe "hoo-rah" as a military thing is used more as a general-purpose interjection than in the manner of "hella" (is that what you meant, R2DTrousers?  As in "hoo-rah yellin' about the sex?")  I'll admit my knowledge of this is limited to my interactions with a Young-Republican-type mug back in high school and a friend of mine who recently dated a Marine.  I could be completely mistaken.

[Choop]

In Buenos Aires, a dialect called Lumfardo is used, with the word vos meaning "you, plural" whereas in Chile they use the standard vosotros for "you, plural." The necessity is mitigated by the required conjugation of verbs into "you, plural" form.

[wombat]

The thing is, if you say 'you guys' it will get my attention, but if you say 'party people' it will never occur to me that I am being addressed.

[theinevitable]

Hell -yes- Chile!

*does a little dance, where the main move is Liking Chile*

[CortJstr]

Where I grew up in PA people use "you guys's" as well as "yins" but it's mainly kids and low-class adults that say it.