(If it's already been mentioned forgive me, as I'm too lazy to scroll through over 400 posts) but I do so hate the inane and nasal 'Hiyaaa' for 'Hello'. It's everywhere now. Is it American in origin? And 'You guys'. I always think of 'guys' as denoting American men, but it seems unisex now. I'm definitely not a 'guy'; the only time we used that word was on November 5th, and it referred to the dressed-up dummy of Guy Fawkes which we toted round asking, 'Penny for the Guy?'.