text: why is guys plural for guys and girls? just wondering why if there are a group of guys and girls standing there; people say "see you later guys." english doesn't have a 'neutral' gender; historically, the default gender for pronouns in english has been masculine.  german is one language that does have a neutral gender: nouns/pronouns can be masculine, feminine, or neutral.  note that the linguistic concept of gender doesn't necessarily equate to natural sex (male/female).