I always thought it was because you could use "guys" as a gender neutral way of talking to a mixed group of people, but bafflingly they do also use it to also just mean men. They are a weird people
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BlueMoonRisin’
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I have lost weight and I've stopped smoking matey: )Best you lay off the growlers, fatboy! :)
I have lost weight and I've stopped smoking matey: )
Good on ya mate!
If you could only do something about that face! :)
AlgarveBlu
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Shouldn’t that be pastel de nata ? god their gorgeous with a strong espresso in the morningPastry de nata?
You can get six get £2 from Lidls fresh bakery aisle
BlueMoonRisin’
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A back handed compliment is better than nowt I suppose; )Good on ya mate!
If you could only do something about that face! :)
chesterbells
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The worldwide US propaganda that is Friends is largely responsible. The conversation opener “Hey guys” referring to all or any combination of the 6 leads in the show in virtually every episode has made it now more commonly used that way here too nowadays.I always thought it was because you could use "guys" as a gender neutral way of talking to a mixed group of people, but bafflingly they do also use it to also just mean men. They are a weird people
I didn't realise a growler meant something other than a pork pie till the current Lady Snork just told me!A back handed compliment is better than nowt I suppose; )
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I didn't realise a growler meant something other than a pork pie till the current Lady Snork just told me!
You mean as in an extremely unkempt bush on a lady?
Think Bo Selecta populised the term
Thats the one mate.You mean as in an extremely unkempt bush on a lady?
Think Bo Selecta populised the term
We are so innocent of these things in the Shire!
BlueMoonRisin’
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A growler is a northern reference to a pie, usually a meat pie.I didn't realise a growler meant something other than a pork pie till the current Lady Snork just told me!