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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone else think the word "folks" is getting over used? [View all]Journeyman
(15,031 posts)16. My grandmother used "folks," as did most of the folks in my extended family . . .
Folks are people in general, sometimes country or poor folk, oft times the composite of the general society around us, the common people from which we all sprang. It can be your kinfolk, of course, or just your parents, your folks who set you on the paths of the world. And it can be the simple, unaffected, open-hearted people you may love the most -- "just folks," and that says it all.
I especially like it when they diddle a tune or three, and regale me with some of the finest music I know: folk music.
It can be "people," too, but I prefer my roots.
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I have. Almost everyone. I don't mind it when Obama uses it because it seems to
merrily
Nov 2015
#39
First they came for "you guys", then they came for "you people", next they will come for...
GummyBearz
Nov 2015
#18
How is "you people" racist? If a white person says it to one black person to mean an
merrily
Nov 2015
#42
My grandmother used "folks," as did most of the folks in my extended family . . .
Journeyman
Nov 2015
#16
Why would anyone have a problem with "folks?" I've heard it and used it all my life.
Zen Democrat
Nov 2015
#67
I think "people" and "persons" now implies corporations. "Folks" implies humans. nt
valerief
Nov 2015
#80