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

[agw_01]

lovely

There's a woman at work who always says "Alright my lovely".

Winds me up something chronic

I say either mate or dude, depends who I'm speaking to.

 

[Bleek]

Alright shoot?

 

[Begbie]

pal

 

[cHk4]

I use bruv a lot innit.

 

[ro55o]

Mate and dude are the two I go between, probably use them far too much, but then again so do my 'mates'

As above, the closer the friend the worse name we give each other, can get quite bad, but it's all in the name of love

 

[Freefaller]

There aren't the options for every single one, so I can't put them all, so just click on other if you use them an let us know! Quite interesting the amount of terms there are!

 

[Anominity]

Since moving to this country, "mate" has crept in to my vocabulary, I also use "dude" & "bud", and the typical southern African term of "Boet"

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Chap

 

[BFCTom]

Lad/Lass

 

[Ahleckz]

I use 'pal' a lot. It's a very Glaswegian thing. 'Mate' is used often, but not as much as pal. And 'buddy' is also used semi-often.

'Lad' is also used now and then.

Woman are quite often 'love' or 'darling' but I am a smooth so and so!

 

[Marky]

I most often go with "Buddy" -- but I do use "Mate", "Dude", "Pal" and sometimes "Man"

 

[kai]

Lady in work calls everyone "Chicken" regardless of sex.

 

[Azza]

Mate & Man - for lad mates. Babe - only to a GF, unless I'm joking around with a girl. Parents say 'Duck' all the time.

Why isn't Laird on the there?

 

[V4nger]

Almost always dude sometimes man or mate

 

[Izi]

"Other". I use peoples names, and if I don't know it introduce myself. I absolutely hate it when people call me mate.

I hate the people who hate other people calling them mate

its just a friendly term, nothing to get scared about.

 

[DRZ]

I usually refer to male friends as mate/dude. Always, always call women by their name.

 

[Castiel]

ahem! is the common thing in the Office at the moment.

 

[MisChief]

"Other". I use peoples names, and if I don't know it introduce myself.

Same here. I was brought up proper like.

 

[Gaijin]

I can't understand why people get so wound up about being called "mate".

Most the time its used as a term of endearment or respect, and not because they think you are a friend.

With some people you would have thought you'd have called them a **** or something.

And 99% people who hate being called "mate" will never bring the person up on it, mainly because they know it could offend the other person, and moreso, deep down they know that they mean no offense by it and that it is a term of endearment/respect.

 

[wez130]

Mate, matey or buddy round these here parts lol