> I was rather bemused when my daughters were playing softball, and the
> teammembers refered to the rest as "you guys."

You need to join the Campaign to Revive Thu (spelled thorn-u). 

English lost its second person pronouns somewhere following the
transition to Middle English. Thu (alternative spelling eth-u at the end
of sentences) provided a suitable generic pronoun for dealing with this
case. 

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