there were two chubby middle-aged men having a chat about work, and one of them used the phrase "laughing gear" about three times in the conversation, but I don't think he knew what it meant because it seemed to be used to mean he would look at something. One of his sentences was "I'll wrap my laughing gear around that when I get back to the office" when they were talking about an application form. Unless I'm very much mistaken, that means he's going to stick it in his mouth.
i say mate/pal/man out of habit, but sometimes I get big man/wee man off other people.
Not sure how I'm meant to feel about it. I'm probably a wee man to most people in terms of age/size so when i get big man it feels a bit condescending, but it would still be patronising to get wee man too. There's probably a logic to it that I don't get since I'm not a big man/wee man sort of guy.
'it's so good we are such good mates?, you know, great mates. Just really good mates, friends who are just pure and simple mates. Just mates, mates, WE ARE JUST MATES
and you come rolling in with your sexist trolly thread. I can't compete.
I'm never going to start a genuine thread again; it's not worth it. For all it's crying about them, DiS wouldn't know what to do with itself if all the trolls left.
I use it all the time, for closely friends and relative strangers alike and it genuinely hadn't occurred to me that people might be offended by it/ find it impersonal and rude.
Guy trying to appear to be more connected to the female than he is, while female tries to distance male with use of completely non ramantic terminology. you know what I'm too tired to think about this today and my office is too hot. See you later mate.
I find anyone calling me mate irksome
not sure why the sex of that person matters.
thinking about it
i th8ink this is more the case
agree
just seems a bit wrong - not sure why
maybe ask them to go with
"you stupid cunt" instead?
sounds like a fascinating neurosis
thats golf, maaaaaaaaaaaan
that's golf, mate
alright, mate?
Heard a conversation on the train between two twentysomething women
one kept on using the term boy when talking to the other e.g.
'I tell you what boy'
'It was off the chart boy'
'That place is rubbish boy'.
Seems like this is the thread for this observation.
In the changing rooms at the gym last week
there were two chubby middle-aged men having a chat about work, and one of them used the phrase "laughing gear" about three times in the conversation, but I don't think he knew what it meant because it seemed to be used to mean he would look at something. One of his sentences was "I'll wrap my laughing gear around that when I get back to the office" when they were talking about an application form. Unless I'm very much mistaken, that means he's going to stick it in his mouth.
I reckon they were french
and he was saying he was gonna wrap his la fingere around something when he got back to the office. maybe his stylo or some patisserie.
haha what
he had an impressive Ray Winstone-like accent for a Frenchman
I'll give him that
Ex colleague of mine liked saying 'have a boulangerie'
instead of 'have a butcher's'.
quite like that.
Makes sense, you are from Barné
I call a lot of guys i don't know 'pal' would that bother you?
Natural Glaswegian thing to do mind.
that would bother me
the only time i evr see/hear the word pal is on here when someone is being apssiev aggressive
i use pal a lot too
even with my thinly-veiled, reckon it's pretty standard in the weeg
I'm extremely polite, would that help matters?
yes that would help a lot
cheers mate
*pal
What's your stance on big man/wee man?
i say mate/pal/man out of habit, but sometimes I get big man/wee man off other people.
Not sure how I'm meant to feel about it. I'm probably a wee man to most people in terms of age/size so when i get big man it feels a bit condescending, but it would still be patronising to get wee man too. There's probably a logic to it that I don't get since I'm not a big man/wee man sort of guy.
I think 'big man' means stupid and 'wee man' means weak
I don't mind if it is an actual proper mate.
I drop it in casually sometimes to trades people and delivery people sometimes - let them know I'm a good fella, one of them etc.
Sometimes it pisses me off a bit though. Just depends who says it I think.
Know what I mean mate?
i find it weird when men refer to women as mate
It should be 'sweetheart' or nothing at all.
*treacle.
toots
what about petal?
petal's great.
yeah, it's because you feel it demasculinises you.
instantly lets you know that a woman doesn't find you attrative in any way, shape or form.
complete insecurity on your part.
*emasculates
'demasculinises'
:'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''D
here...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/demasculinise
no worries!
That's only used literally, if it is used at all.
the word you meant to use was 'emasculates'.
You demasculinised fat pig!
oh you poor dear
there there *pats head*
...
'it's so good we are such good mates?, you know, great mates. Just really good mates, friends who are just pure and simple mates. Just mates, mates, WE ARE JUST MATES
i don't think i've ever been called 'mate' from a girl before
maybe they're just being friendly. just don't worry about it.
cos you're imprisoned in the friendzone
you cannot tap that
not when, not when
you're inna, inna
friendzone
Imprisoned in the friendzone.
always one of the more uncomfortable parts of the Crystal Maze
personally I think it's interesting
that you'd be bothered by a term that implies friendship if it comes from a woman.
Don't have a problem with it personally. Although I don't use it myself, I just think I'd make it sound really insincere.
imagine having d?
Imagine having mates!
*d
dates or mated?
Haha, didn't even notice the first one.
Both work though!
Here I am trying to garner honest support for a cycling club,
and you come rolling in with your sexist trolly thread. I can't compete.
I'm never going to start a genuine thread again; it's not worth it. For all it's crying about them, DiS wouldn't know what to do with itself if all the trolls left.
good luck with the bicycle thread
you don't know what trolling is and you never really have
A lot of people call me by my surname
when they get a new sexual partner and they call me by my surname, that I'm uncomfortable with, spar.
...what?
because it implies they will never have sex with you?
this seems like a really silly thing to get annoyed about
no one mentioned annoyed
Just find it a bit odd.
you must be a bit annoyed for you to make a thread about it
But no worries pal.
nah
you're clearly het up today. speak soon
Chill out 'mate'
My ex now calls me 'buddy' (I believe she does this with many people).
USE MY NAME I'VE SEEN YOU NAKED.
thinly veiled "I've watched my ex get undressed through the window from a bush in the garden" post
:D
probaby depends if they're Australian or not
In Ilkeston
Burly old men call each other duck and petal
y'alreet, flower?
Called Brooke mate once when we were first together
she didn't care for it.
She's over it now though.
Receptionist girls keep calling me 'babez' not so keen on that, would prefer mate
Just reply with, "I'm not your mate, pal"
Do people up here ^ really get annoyed by others addressing them with 'mate'
I use it all the time, for closely friends and relative strangers alike and it genuinely hadn't occurred to me that people might be offended by it/ find it impersonal and rude.
This is DiS
People on here have neuroses about all sorts of stupid shit.
Personally, I don't care if people call me mate, pal, chief, daddy-o, bruv, geezer, dude, ...
alright chief
shit, i didn't spot you'd said chief.
No worries, man
well not really no
but it's dis isn't it - i ( and i assume others ) just ham up their annoyances
Dude is far worse
DONT CALL ME DUDE
that's, just, like, yr opinion, maaaan
chill out sugartits
LEAVE DD ALONE.
Essex thing innit
im actually on silkys side here
it really really winds me up
imagine if Bon Iver came onstage to a sold-out audience
and got annoyed because a girl called him 'mate'
Ho iz Bone Iver
this reminds me of when some lad when absolutely nuts cos my friend called him pet
and was stood in a chippy screaming 'PET?!?!! PET?!!!! YOU CAN'T CALL ME PET!!!'.
in short, you're a stupid cunt.
actually it's not like that is it.
calm down.
Posh girls calling people mate just rings false
I try not to let it get to me though
get over it
it's the female equivalent of a guy calling a girl "love"
yeah, it's like a kind of inverse comparator
Guy trying to appear to be more connected to the female than he is, while female tries to distance male with use of completely non ramantic terminology. you know what I'm too tired to think about this today and my office is too hot. See you later mate.
in what region of England do they call people "me duck"?
!!
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4435502#r7677992
well
Depends. You wanna bang her?