Poll: Mate, matey, pal, bud etc...

What do you call people?

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Mate, pal and man are the three I use normally. Use darling and love as well but mainly for a laugh with my pals or when I'm winding someone up.
 
I always say Bud a lot, Mate seemed fairly too common so I started saying bud. after that it just stuck.

though I still say Babe sometimes ;)
 
I seem to have switched over to dude now, before that it was mate.

I cant believe there are sixteen people who use chuck and duck :/
 
I use buddy, man and fella, also use holmes, homie, broheim etc.. but that's just messing around.

This changes a lot when I'm drunk, I start using man or dude a lot more
 
Mate. It is a safe generic greeting, basically meaningless and not likely to result in violence. :D It is also extremely amusing to hear Yanks say 'mate'. It sounds so wrong.

On one or two occasions I've found myself using the term 'love' to some ladies when out on delivery. That must stop! :o

As for the other options, when I've been addressed by the term 'bud' 'pal' or 'fella' that does jar a bit. I suppose it must be a regional thing.
 
Call people boss quite a lot, probably doesn't make sense to most people, or mate, or any random insult i make up at the time, usually.
 
Usually say, "You alright dude?","Wassup Pard", "Alright Boss". Something like that. If i'm totally familiar with the person it can stretch to "You alright you gooch?"

I hate when people say "Mate" when i'm paying for something in a shop. Total stranger saying "That'll be a fiver mate...". I'm not your mate and i don't want to be either!
 
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My mate is from Essex and i am a scouser and he allways says to me 'allright fella' or just says 'geeza'. Problem for me is that i now say it all the time to my fellow scousers who give me a funny look.:D
 
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