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Why do folk on here call each other 'mate'?
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a lot of folk have met each other - but that aside if you talk to someone a lot then you get to feel like you know them and its a freindly term of address.
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I call everyone mate, the wife takes the mick out of me for it, but its just me, I see a guy from work its hi mate, I see a guy in the car park at a weekend when out on the bike I will say hi mate hows things, might never have even met him before.
To me its just a saying nothing more, strange I know but it just seems friendly.
Only had one guy take offense to it in all the my years but he turned out to be strange any ways.
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To me its just a saying nothing more, strange I know but it just seems friendly.
Only had one guy take offense to it in all the my years but he turned out to be strange any ways.
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Do people call girls mate or is it just a boy thing?
I have been addressed as such on here and have to admit find it odd but my username doesn't make gender obvious.
I have been addressed as such on here and have to admit find it odd but my username doesn't make gender obvious.
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I call girls that are my freinds 'mate' so yeah i think its not a gender specific thing
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its obvious you're a girlie ,,,,annddddd just let me tune in a bit more ,,,yes ,, yes you have a scottish accent as well
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I've met well over a hundred TPers 
in fact I suspect it's closer to 200 now from all over the country, I've actually got a fair number of them as friends on facebook, plus there are those that I've not currently met but have exchanged a load of PM's with
So if I call someone mate it's often because I've met them or built up a friendship with them over time
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in fact I suspect it's closer to 200 now from all over the country, I've actually got a fair number of them as friends on facebook, plus there are those that I've not currently met but have exchanged a load of PM's with So if I call someone mate it's often because I've met them or built up a friendship with them over time
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I really hope that was meant to be 'met', mate
that's got to be my worst typo this week :bang:
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Mate, pal, or buddy I use in speech (the latter two only to friends). In writing I only use mate to address actual friends but I may say thanks mate to someone at a checkout etc.
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Ok mate.
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alright darlin'
( I know some women find the term darlin' patronising - but you don't want to worry your pretty little head about things like that )
( I know some women find the term darlin' patronising - but you don't want to worry your pretty little head about things like that
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Alright Butt
(No I'm not insulting you, that really is the Welsh equivalent
and no I don't actually ever really say it either)
You mean it's not "O What's Occurring" or BoyO
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folk?
who says folk?
I say 'folk' a lot mate.
I also say 'thanks guys' even if some people are female.:shrug:
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alright darlin'
( I know some women find the term darlin' patronising - but you don't want to worry your pretty little head about things like that
Just remember which one of us has hold of the big, shiny ban hammer, butt :razz:
Nah, we just put that on for the English tourists.
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Actually, for some strange reason I have never called anyone "mate" in real life and on the Internet, even to my old friends. Not sure why not, though. It's just like how I never type "LOL" in any of my messages.
Maybe I'm just different in my thinking or it's a habit I never got into.
Maybe I'm just different in my thinking or it's a habit I never got into.
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Just remember which one of us has hold of the big, shiny ban hammer,
Probably a bit too heavy for you though, dear
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Just remember which one of us has hold of the big, shiny ban hammer, butt :razz:
Nah, we just put that on for the English tourists.
Was about to say something but decided
is more appropriate as don't want to get a slap 
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Probably a bit too heavy for you though, dear
I was about to reply to that . . . but I just spotted my reflection in the shiny ban hammer and realised that my eyelashes need curling and my lippy needs touching up . . .
Was about to say something but decided
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Probably a bit too heavy for you though, dear
S'alright Sarah, I have my very own special ban hammer for Yves Geza.... no reflections
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Aye it's a worry, right enough!
