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Allan Metcalf
It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is'OK'--the most ubiquitous and invisible of Am
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
Publikováno v:
Names, Vol 33, Iss 4 (1985)
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https://doaj.org/article/5d6ecfd32d2f43f8937fadcbe0977e70
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
Publikováno v:
Names, Vol 33, Iss 4 (1985)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a43167737a55495dacda877cd4a77917
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
“You guys” or plain “guys” has now become the standard second-person plural personal pronoun used by most of us. We know that because we don’t have to stop and think about it; we just use it as the normal way to designate a group of people.
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::7fbcec614a5ef5739f95aaea85466ca4
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0013
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0013
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
Publikováno v:
The Life of Guy
This chapter resumes the narrative, with numerous examples of the development of the meaning of “guy” and “guys” from 1640 to 1908. “Guy” first extended from designating a person’s name to include also an effigy of that person, then som
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::c498dbacfbedd547894defd9221c455d
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0009
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0009
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
Publikováno v:
The Life of Guy
English authorities were thankful almost beyond measure for the last-minute thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot. In place of the plotters’ planned explosion, throughout London bonfires were lit on November 5, 1605, to celebrate this escape from treason
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0005
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0005
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
In the 20th century, “guys” continued its expansion, becoming less particular as it grew more general. This chapter illustrates this development with many examples. At first there are a few outliers with an extended meaning, then more, until the
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::86e12fffe6acd3c4b3c1070f18d128da
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0010
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0010
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
Publikováno v:
The Life of Guy
On November 4, 1605, Guy Fawkes was just another obscure English gentleman with Catholic sympathies and a decade of success as a courageous and skilled soldier. His obscurity abruptly changed in the night of November 5. On November 6, encouraged by
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::5135c500906e9bc290edbfbd707bd738
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0004
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0004
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
So “you guys” and plain “guys” have succeeded in filling the vacuum in second-person plural pronouns left by the departure of “thou.” What’s next? Four possible futures come to mind: (1) “guys” could continue to extend its hegemony
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::061e412b497925d4eda263fa2798bbc7
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0014
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0014
Autor:
Allan Metcalf
Publikováno v:
The Life of Guy
“Guy,” a French name brought across the Channel by Normans in 1066, had become a familiar English name long before Guy Fawkes was born in 1570. The name was memorable enough that while supervising delivery of gunpowder to the disused cellar under
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::4e81afe88f512c87751c5b4d500543ac
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0003
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190669201.003.0003