sanjeev_balyan
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if somebody is outside from the group to whom this word was used then he/she may feel bad.
Is it proper to call all members folks, is this an intelectual/educated behaviour of a moderator
| Noun | 1. | folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage |
| 2. |
folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"common people, folk people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" country people, countryfolk - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics gentlefolk - people of good family and breeding and high social status grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) home folk - folks from your own home town ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rabble - disparaging terms for the common people pleb, plebeian - one of the common people |
See for yourself and deduce the result please, but not before reading the many given meanings of the word 'Folks':
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Noun
1.
folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
kin group, kindred, kinship group, clan, kin, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage
2.
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folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"common people, folk
people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
country people, countryfolk - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics
gentlefolk - people of good family and breeding and high social status
grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
home folk - folks from your own home town
ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rabble - disparaging terms for the common people
pleb, plebeian - one of the common people
Source : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/folks
There is nothing wrong in it. We can call members as folks.
Sir, meanings are ok but is it correct to addsd people like this, secondly every one does not know such english, so why cannot we use simple language
Since the use of word was completely genuine and normally accepted norms of grammar, you must also observe calmness and tolerance before opening an avoidable debate on such trivial issues.
Is it proper to call all members folks, is this an intelectual/educated behaviour of a moderator
Thanks sir for clearing my doubt, I stand corrected
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