On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:11:51 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Esquire usually meant a Gentleman or man of means. > Words' meanings do change over time. > Guy, for instance, meaning a rogue now many in N. America use it for men > and women. I saw an interviewer thank a group of ladies by saying > "thanks guys". When I was young, my mother used to tell me that I looked like a guy if I was untidy. She meant that I looked like the figure of a Guy Fawkes, which children used to make for Bonfire Night. These figures were quite a common site on the streets around Bristol in the days leading up to 5th. November as children begged for 'A Penny for the Guy'. In South Wales, if Ian looked untidy, when he was young, he was told that he looked like a rodney. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com