Comments on: What Brings You Here?

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:04:20 +0000

Add me to the “y’all” fan club. It’s the only decent second-person plural there is in English. And since I’m in NYC now, I figure I have to represent my home state just a little bit…

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:20:16 +0000

Heh, Katie80andstuff, “Language Matters” is the title of one of my posts here. It’s a phrase that’s always in the back of my mind.

By: katie80andstuff

katie80andstuff — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:21:46 +0000

Yay! Looking forward to the post. I use “y’all” as well, even though I’m a Yankee.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:50:53 +0000

katie80: I’ve been thinking about this recently, and may do a post on it (or related to it). “Guys” is a habit, yes, and one I’m trying to break myself of. I don’t like “ladies,” particularly (because of the lady/woman dichotomy), so I tend to use “chicas” or “y’all,” ’cause I did spend a portion of my life below the Mason-Dixon line.

By: katie80andstuff

katie80andstuff — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:55:40 +0000

Does anyone else get rankled by the ubiquitous use of the word “guys” when referring to a group of all women or a group of mixed genders? Especially when it is said/written by a woman to other women. Irritating.

Breaking news, folks: LANGUAGE MATTERS. What are some good, non-gendered alternatives?

By: noor margaret

noor margaret — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:48:55 +0000

I am actually impressed that drunk troll could still spell non-sequitur and staccato.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:14:45 +0000

Another vote here to see the rest of the troll poetry! Drunken troll poetry, no less.

By: Dori

Dori — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:25:43 +0000

Being vindictive. Its better than coffee!

By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god

sarah.of.a.lesser.god — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:18:15 +0000

@SarahMC: Oh God, those were so disturbing. That person deserves troll status. Fucked-up troll status.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:14:19 +0000

What’s troubling me lately is the dozens of variations on “Jesse Logan naked pics” (“Jesse Logan fucking,” “Jesse Logan nude,” etc.) that are entered into Google.

I’m pretty sure our woman and Cosmo hating troll entered an email address that includes his first and last name, so yeah, I Googled him. Naughty naughty, Mr. ____ ____.