An English phrase we should stop using: Hey guys | Learning English with Jackie

This is a phrase that most people are guilty of, including me! We should try to stop saying "Hey guys" when speaking English. Watch the video to find out why it's not ideal to say, "Hey guys" and to find out some of the best English words, phrases, and expressions to replace it with. ------------------- • Watch my American English Slang playlist: : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0Q8kr18oQILo6cb9p6XmaoiZfLZyk2R • 15 English Phrases You Should Avoid Using by: @Learn English with Let's Talk - Free English Lessons https://youtu.be/rAuPwvMgMbE ------------------- If you want more English-speaking tips visit my blog here: eslspeaking.org Want to find more low or No Prep ESL activities? Check out: https://amzn.to/3KbTtgU -------------------- https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #teachingenglishwithjackie #20questions #eslgames Transcript: Hi everybody, this is Jackie from eslspeaking.org. So today I'm going to talk about something that admittedly I am also guilty of. It's a phrase that should be banned from people's vocabularies. Basically, you should never say this again. It is, are you ready? Hey guy. Hey guys, people use it in English to refer to everybody: men, women, children, trans people, literally everybody. But guys actually refer to only men so why are we referring to like children and women and trans people as guys? It's so ridiculous and I mean I say it too but every time I say it on the inside I'm like, oh why did I say that? So here are better things you can say instead of hey guys. You could say, hey everybody, or you could say, hey friends. Or you could just even not give people a label or a title. You could just say: what's up, what's going on, hello, hi, Any of those things are totally fine. What are you not gonna say? That's right, hey guys. Let's ban hey guys from anything we say ever again and that would make me so happy. And I'm gonna also double down on my efforts to avoid saying it as well. All right, if you like this video please hit like, subscribe, tell your friends and remember just never ever say, hey guys. Okay until next time, bye everybody. Tags: English phrase, hey guys, English words, English grammar, English phrases, What not to say, phrase hey guys,