In article <mailman.18.1250595423.2854.python-l...@python.org>, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> wrote: >MRAB wrote: >> Carl Banks wrote: >>> On Aug 17, 10:03 am, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm no English native, but I already heard women/men referring to a >>>> group as "guys", no matter that group gender configuration. It's even >>>> used for group composed exclusively of women. Moreover it looks like a >>>> *very* friendly form, so there is really nothing to worry about it. >>> >>> I like how being very friendly means calling people after a guy who >>> tried to blow up the English Parliament. >> >> Guy Fawkes adopted the name Guido while fighting for the Spanish in the >> Low Countries: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes > >I didn't get Carl's reference. The only thing I know about blowing the >parliament is from the movie V for Vendetta (no comment please !).
You should read the original comic book, it's much more interesting (and clearly mentions the Guy Fawkes connection). -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there." --Steve Gonedes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
