Dude?

[dirtydog]

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

As do I, but I don't feel the need to copy everything I hear, parrot fashion

 

[gillywibble]

My brother uses 'Cyril'.

 

[Richeh]

My best mate and I call each other dude, don't know why, always have but then were both very americanised TV and movie wise.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Must be a foreign thing

It is a peculiarly Scottish thing yes, or the Proper North™ as I suppose you could call it.

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.

Sounds fine to me and my accent isn't even vaguely American, you are right though that certain words don't sound quite right when said with specific accents.

 

[Lopéz]

I am siding with dirtydog here.

mate
chief
pal
fella
geez (er)
squire
chap

All acceptable

Dude just sounds weird coming from anybody English.

 

[KittensCake]

Dude is such a dynamic word. It has many uses.

Dude? (Questioning)

DUDE! (Astonishment)

Duuuuuude (Acknowledgment of awesomeness)

And so on...

 

[Dark_Angel]

I am siding with dirtydog here.

mate
chief
pal
fella
geez (er)
squire
chap

All acceptable

Dude just sounds weird coming from anybody English.

I realy hate the word "geezer" it actually makes me cringe :/

Pal is ok though - best out of the bad bunch you mentioned

 

[Gerard]

Dude just sounds weird coming from anybody English.

*nods*

 

[Buffman]

cant say I've heard the term used in conversation before, and I've heard most of what Lopez wrote

 

[pitchfork]

I use dude, gnarly, awesome all the time.
I'm still living 10 years younger perhaps yes, but nevertheless, dude is acceptable.

But I won't say I like americanisation, theres too many mcdonalds.
And when you work with americans, you tire easily.

 

[Red and White]

Americans speak English

 

[Hitman_Leon]

I never use that word its like it just dose not suit my accent it sounds wrong.

 

[gurusan]

As an American I have trouble saying mate and cheers. Just not compatible with me somehow I use dude, man, bro...and thanks instead.

 

[gurusan]

You know there are 300 million people in America, they aren't all ignorant rednecks

 

[DalGurak]

Down in Cornwall it's seen as perfectly reasonable for people to call you '****'.

True story.

 

[Participant]

Down in Cornwall it's seen as perfectly reasonable for people to call you '****'.

True story.

I fell foul of that when I was 18 and had a holiday job in a furniture factory in Frome. Everyone started calling me **** and I got slightly paranoid, until they convinced me that it wasn't the same as willy.

 

[Snakedoctor]

"My little prosthetic limb" is one of mine personal favorite. As in "how are you today my little prosthetic limb". It confuses the hell out of people. I find it best to keep people on their toes.

 

[aftershxck]

I find threads/sentences beginning with "So,..." more annoying.

 

[yermum]

I wouldn't worry about the whole dude thing. Women get much worse and they are mostly very patronising. Delivery guys who call me love, hun, deary, mate or, the very worse, darling, are given very short shrift. The only thing I will accept is 'me duck' when I'm in the Midlands.

TBH, I'd settle for dude ahead of any of these and would prefer it if they would stop walking off with my pens.

 

[Pestilence]

Coming from Northern Ireland, I avoid "mate" like the plague. In my experience, it's normally used by someone who is about to mug you or smash your face in. In NI "mate" is pretty much used only negatively/sarcastically, eg. "Listen here, MATE."

I use "Dude" instead, usually.