From: zeborah@gmail.com   
      
   Aqua  wrote:   
      
   > Bill Swears wrote:   
   > > Aqua isn't a bad guy, she's a   
   > > good guy, and I have committed a fox paws.   
   >   
   > I'm not a guy, actually.   
   >   
   > Aqua   
   > much eye rolling.   
      
   Hrm, I rather like "guy" as gender neutral, and I've certainly   
   seen/heard "guys" used to address a group of females-only on an NZ soap   
   opera.  I also read "bad guy" and "good guy" each as single words;   
   there's a subtle phonetic difference between "a bad-guy" and "a bad   
   guy".   
      
   For me it's different from using "man" and "-man" as gender neutral   
   because you couldn't ever address a group of females-only as "men".   
      
   --This all said, I do see that the issue remains problematic.   
      
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