Dude?

[[TR]SweetSpotOz]

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[Malt_Vinegar]

I use Chap more than anything else!

"Alright chap!" sometimes dude or mate might creep in!

 

[G|mp]

I use dude all the time

I sometimes call people Son, like i have on here numerous times which always ends up in an argument with some snotty little **** going "dont patronise me, just because im younger" or you get back "ok Dad" which is equally annoying

Dude is better and it didnt start with Waynes world or Dude, wheres my car

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

Okay but why is Britain, the home of the English language after all, adopting (awful) Americanisms, when the US itself isn't adopting ours? I doubt many Californians go round saying 'mate'.

No, they adopt other English words, like 'the', 'and', 'sky' and 'elbow'.

 

[marscay]

Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not "Mr. Lebowski"

I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

 

[dirtydog]

I use dude all the time

I sometimes call people Son, like i have on here numerous times which always ends up in an argument with some snotty little **** going "dont patronise me, just because im younger" or you get back "ok Dad" which is equally annoying

Dude is better and it didnt start with Waynes world or Dude, wheres my car

Son is London/Essex speak; dude comes from west coast USA...

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

Son is London/Essex speak; dude comes from west coast USA...

Both of which are equally alien to a lot of people.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Okay but why is Britain, the home of the English language after all, adopting (awful) Americanisms, when the US itself isn't adopting ours? I doubt many Californians go round saying 'mate'.

Their loss.

There is a fine line to be drawn between accepting change (for that is what keeps a language vibrant) and decrying it unthinkingly. I don't like all the ways the English language is abused either but it is one of the reasons that English is the lingua franca and likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future.

 

[Arjun806]

I say dude to a few of my friends but I've never really used mate, unless I'm talking to a friend of mine who hates it when people say it

 

[Inquisitor]

Even worse is the word Rad. I had this used on me yesterday, in place of words like great, excellent etc.

That's kickin' rad, dude!

 

[Raymond Lin]

The only people who say Dude I know are girls, guys I know don't say stuff like that.

 

[Visionary]

You must have trouble speaking dirtydog if you don't like using other countries'/languages' words.

Still, at least there aren't that many:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_origin

Language is dynamic, live with it.

 

[Turtles]

Don't use Dude, don't really like it
But I use mate quite a bit.

 

[reflex]

I am not your buddy, friend.

I'm not your friend, guy!!!

 

[Gilly]

//edit and of course I know "min" as a casual greeting, seems more common as you go North I've found.

Must be a foreign thing

 

[benneh]

I use dude constantly. Because it's a friendly term etc. 'Mate' I find to be the language of the simpleton. If you're not my 'mate', then do me the honor of referring to me as dude.

 

[Dark_Angel]

I use dude constantly. Because it's a friendly term etc. 'Mate' I find to be the language of the simpleton. If you're not my 'mate', then do me the honor of referring to me as dude.

That made me laugh

But yeah - I probablly use the word "dude" a bit.. Or generally if I am speaking to my friends something like "hey" :/

 

[Neoni]

Because we watch a lot of tv, films, and american based media.

 

[Gerard]

The word "Dude" sounds ok with an american saying it, but uk\ireland it sounds retarded with our accents. Record yourself saying it and play it back..enough said.

 

[Duke]

Ted: RUFUS.
Bill: Listen to this dude Rufus, he knows what he's talking about.