Mike Whiteley wrote:
 
>   'thought you'd like to know what the 'Oxford Dictionary 3rd Edition
>   (c) Oxford University Press 1988' (English Language) has to say
>   for 'guy':
>
>   guy (2) n 1. a figure in the form of a man dressed in old clothes,
>    representing Guy Fawkes and burnt on 5 November in memory of the
>    Gunpowder plot [1600 something].  2. an oddly-dressed person.
>    3 a man -v. to ridicule especially by comic imitation
>
>  Does that mean calling computer-people "guys" infers badly dressed
>  programmers who should be burnt at the stake? :)
 
Given the number of badly dressed programmers, I think might constitue
genocide.
 
While I'm wasting bandwidth, a section from "The American Vest Pocket
Dictionary":
 
              guy, n. . . . used to guide and steady
 
Anyone who knows me will see that this definition is clearly lacking.
 
 =======================================================================
Guy Smith                             Voice:  804-527-4000 ext 6664
Circuit City Stores, Inc.               FAX:  804-527-4008
9950 Mayland Drive                   E-Mail:  [log in to unmask]
Richmond, VA 23233-1464      Private E-Mail:  [log in to unmask]
USA                                Web page:  http://www.infi.net/~guys
 
The thoughts expressed herein are mine and do not reflect those of my
employer, or anyone with common sense.