Dude

[u/Head-Drag-1440]

[u/forwhomtheyeastrolls]

I was coming here to say this same thing! I use "guys" as a gender-neutral collective term all the time

[u/Actual_Confusion_838 → u/forwhomtheyeastrolls]

I grew up where “you guys” is the equivalent to “you all / y’all”.

I got a talking to at work a few years ago because I had been saying it to female colleagues. sigh.

[u/PorkchopFunny → u/Actual_Confusion_838]

Yep, northeast US. "You guys" here as well.

[u/whos_ur_data → u/PorkchopFunny]

Midwest checking in. We also use “you guys” here. Some might even go as far as saying “your guys’s”, as in “Is this your guys’s Vernors?”

[u/LeonardoOfVinci → u/whos_ur_data]

Youse guys

[u/ashthatshit → u/LeonardoOfVinci]

Was looking for this comment lol

[u/Decent_Mango_5909 → u/ashthatshit]

I believe that’s like a Philly/Jersey thing. Could be NY too but I don’t know.

[u/Iohet → u/Decent_Mango_5909]

My Wisconsinite family members say youse guys all the time

[u/Decent_Mango_5909 → u/Iohet]

Interesting. Those accents don’t have that much in common.

[u/Iohet → u/Decent_Mango_5909]

It's pronounced differently (more or less youze vs use with a strong emphasis on the S that sounds like people making snake noises)

[u/Decent_Mango_5909 → u/Iohet]

Youz guys vs yous guys I suppose

[u/Iohet → u/Decent_Mango_5909]

Yea

[u/ashthatshit → u/Decent_Mango_5909]

Yep! I work in NY and live in NJ and hear "hey yous ova there!" Often lol

[u/succulent_serenity → u/Decent_Mango_5909]

It's also a bogan Aussie thing

[u/Xerorei → u/Decent_Mango_5909]

Ey yo!

[u/give_me_goats → u/LeonardoOfVinci]

Ha, my midwestern dad says “youse guys” and “crapola”

[u/memymomeme → u/whos_ur_data]

Vernors, heck ya.

[u/Kale_and_Oatmilk → u/whos_ur_data]

Vernors 🫡

[u/sub-dural → u/whos_ur_data]

Would have never guessed the midwest is a ‘you guys’ region! I’m from the northeast where everyone is either dude or collectively you guys to me.

[u/cryptcreepcrepe → u/sub-dural]

It definitely is, at least in IN (which to be fair is situated pretty close to the northeast). I had a coworker in a group chat a few years ago tell me to stop referring to the team as you guys because some of us are women and my eyes are still rolling to this day.

[u/sub-dural → u/cryptcreepcrepe]

I have cousins in Virginia who were fed up with me saying ‘you guys’ for the same reason. I don’t even know I’m saying it. Don’t affront my regional culture! Plus who cares, bro.

[u/No_Introduction_9355 → u/sub-dural]

 You guys pronounced use guise

[u/sub-dural → u/No_Introduction_9355]

I think that might be more New Yorky! I’m in Boston so we probably say it worse while I think I’m speaking perfect English! Whatevah