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Post by starlilolill on Aug 6, 2013 11:02:47 GMT
Someone not a million miles from here called me 'lassie' yesterday - yes Arena it's you! It's years since I was called that and I loved it!
There are so many 'local' terms - let's here some of them!
'Hen' was very common in Scotland.
When we lived in Beds a 'little old boy' was a young lad - always found that funny.
I don't object to being called most things ' me duck'!
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Post by ARENA on Aug 9, 2013 16:02:22 GMT
Well Lassie, if you came from the Highlands ,you would be called a 'quine' (olde English for queen)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2013 19:19:38 GMT
My mother in law used to call me quine. I hate to be called babe, babes, or baby! It makes my blood boil  |
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Post by chusty64 on Aug 10, 2013 9:42:25 GMT
I used to work with a woman who called everyone 'flower'. I liked that, but I too hate 'babe', it just seems very patronising to me.
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Post by starlilolill on Aug 10, 2013 11:42:56 GMT
Flower is lovely - babe, not really!
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Post by ARENA on Aug 10, 2013 11:56:13 GMT
A tradesman once called Mrs A, babe. He lost his firm a fat contract! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2013 22:24:42 GMT
A tradesman once called Mrs A, babe. He lost his firm a fat contract! ;D Quite right too, good for her!  I quite like 'love' if it's said softly like your name, but not if it's meant like babe! |
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Post by scorp on Aug 12, 2013 7:26:56 GMT
I'm lost again - what's the big deal here? 'Babe','Love','Chuck','Hen' - why the po-faced reactions? The only time I rose to such a bait was when a female told me that, being a man, like all men, I was a 'rapist' - other than that I don't care what anybody calls me!
In Cornwall, hairy-arsed lorry drivers would address me as 'my lover', or 'my bird'...
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Post by ARENA on Aug 12, 2013 8:13:00 GMT
I'm lost again - what's the big deal here? 'Babe','Love','Chuck','Hen' - why the po-faced reactions? The only time I rose to such a bait was when a female told me that, being a man, like all men, I was a 'rapist' - other than that I don't care what anybody calls me! In Cornwall, hairy-arsed lorry drivers would address me as 'my lover', or 'my bird'... Not 'my handsome',  |
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Post by scorp on Aug 12, 2013 13:51:09 GMT
Oh, that too, of course.. Of course!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2013 21:05:14 GMT
I'm lost again - what's the big deal here? 'Babe','Love','Chuck','Hen' - why the po-faced reactions? The only time I rose to such a bait was when a female told me that, being a man, like all men, I was a 'rapist' - other than that I don't care what anybody calls me! In Cornwall, hairy-arsed lorry drivers would address me as 'my lover', or 'my bird'... No not po-faced at all, I would just like my name to be used. It's all in the tone and how something is said.  |
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