Probably still would have made that mistake if it was 3pm.
Time is no excuse.
Belmit said:I don't use he word 'mate' at all in that context. To friends it sounds completely impersonal, to strangers it's a flat-out lie. As such it annoys me when people use it towards me.
It has nothing to do with 'mating' it it just a anglicanism of the Dutch word 'Maat' which means friend.
It transfered into the anglo-dutch word 'Mate' in South Africa and Afrikaans over to the Victorians and so is simply another word spread and changed by the British Empire from one of it's colonies.
Am I the only person who thinks british (/aussie) use of the word 'mate' is a little weird?
Reffering to your friends as people you'd like to mate with?![]()
Am I the only person who thinks british (/aussie) use of the word 'mate' is a little weird?
Reffering to your friends as people you'd like to mate with?![]()