I have been using the word: Folks

[alfa147x]

WTF where did that come from?!?!???

 

[Engineer]

Appalachian American (i.e. hillbilly to you city slickers) heritage....oh, and getting old.

 

[busydude]

Looney Tunes.

 

[alfa147x]

I guess its the folks I've been hanging out with down here in statesboro

 

[Rhoxed]

I use folks all the time at work if I'm talking to a large table, its more polite then saying something like "hows it going guys?" (head chef at a local place)

 

[Brigandier]

You folks folkin around?

Well, then, folk you!

 

[Perknose]

WTF where did that come from?!?!???

From the same roots as the German word "volk." They both simply mean "people."


Ein Reich, ein volk, ein furher!

 

[IronWing]

I use folks because it is a gender neutral term.

 

[Ichinisan]

I use folks because it is a gender neutral term.

This.

OP: I grew up in Newnan, GA (southwest of Atlanta). As a child, I actually hated the word "folks" and never used it until I was an adult. For some reason, it used to sound as "country" as "over yonder."

Now, I use it frequently and it no longer sounds strange. As IronWing said: It's a gender-neutral way to address a group of people.

 

[Wanescotting]

I use this word when I get bored of saying "people". Soemtimes I even sprinkle in a little "hoi polloi".

 

[Broheim]

From the same roots as the German word "volk." They both simply mean "people."


Ein Reich, ein volk, ein fürher!

ftfy

the word folk was most likely brought over to England by the vikings.

 

[Braznor]

I use the word all the time, even though I'm Indian of South Asian origin