[extropy-chat] FWD [UASR] Jonathan's Space Report, No. 548

[Adrian Tymes]

--- spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> ps Why is it that the male counterpart to the catchphrase
> "you go, girl" doesn't sound right?

I would chalk this up entirely to unfamiliarity.  You've heard "you
go, girl" a lot, so you're used to it.  Alternate formulations trip the
newness detector - which, in almost all humans, is inversely (though
usually only to a minor extent) linked to comfort level.