tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post1300269459041815050..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Filler Words: Part the Second: VocativesM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-49546512618672324142010-07-10T08:07:34.550+01:002010-07-10T08:07:34.550+01:00Brokenbiro - I also have an Australian friend who ...Brokenbiro - I also have an Australian friend who calls me "doll" (nobody else does). Is this something that could signify Australian? Or is it regional? Or just idiosyncratic?mrs malapropnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-7051210835745761972010-07-10T06:52:06.822+01:002010-07-10T06:52:06.822+01:00Excellent post, my good man!
Incidentally (and I ...Excellent post, my good man!<br /><br />Incidentally (and I don't think you mentioned incidentally in your part the first) my best Australian friend calls me 'doll' but otherwise I am universally referred to as 'sweetie pumpkin'broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-61793992389716768452010-07-09T12:22:55.738+01:002010-07-09T12:22:55.738+01:00Err, that.Err, that.The Antipodean, realising she could have said Master Sirius Berry,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-84061720885819813242010-07-09T12:21:09.698+01:002010-07-09T12:21:09.698+01:00Master Berry, I am thinking about this. It is tric...Master Berry, I am thinking about this. It is tricky - I think there are terms that would signify it to other Australians and/or people from your region (there are regional differences) but something that will work internationally without being a stereotype... an interesting question. More eventually.The Antipodean, still wondering if Miss Podean could eventually be reduced to 'misfit',noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-82613696546739092572010-07-07T12:56:05.898+01:002010-07-07T12:56:05.898+01:00Don't like to quibble but I think "duck&q...Don't like to quibble but I think "duck" is really a Derbyshire rather than Northern expression. You missed out "pet" which is widespread in the North East.<br />In the mists of time when I was young men called each other "squire" in a slightly jokey way, but then in those days one addressed letters to Inky Fool Esquire.<br />Enjoy you holy-day Inky.sprout leafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-15969867066200301772010-07-06T17:34:59.673+01:002010-07-06T17:34:59.673+01:00In the Baltimore, MD, area "hon" is pret...In the Baltimore, MD, area "hon" is pretty unisex in address, particularly (but not exclusively) from waitresses of a certain age. "Hey, hon, how 'bout them Os?" Once somebody spray painted a "hon" on the "Welcome to Baltimore" sign on the Parkway. It was too cool, so the city painted it over.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77805724100490460832010-07-06T11:01:35.807+01:002010-07-06T11:01:35.807+01:00Round here (West Midlands, UK) you also get 'C...Round here (West Midlands, UK) you also get 'Chick' - I'd say the local equivalent of Petal. As in "How's it going, chick?" - usually said female to female.Pewarihttp://pewari.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-19267579145397696692010-07-05T19:06:16.174+01:002010-07-05T19:06:16.174+01:00Miss Podean,
In all this I'm having terrible t...Miss Podean,<br />In all this I'm having terrible trouble finding words that signify Australian. Or at least the words I can think of are so obvious and stereotyped as to be useless (sheila, fair dinkum, bruce etc). Any ideas?M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-79677294819994723702010-07-05T16:45:06.883+01:002010-07-05T16:45:06.883+01:00I'm adding these in as quickly as I can.I'm adding these in as quickly as I can.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-41118127237870838902010-07-05T16:38:40.491+01:002010-07-05T16:38:40.491+01:00A friend of mine calls people 'darling or '...A friend of mine calls people 'darling or 'darl' because she can't remember their names, or when she is a teensy bit cross with them. It is sometimes hard to tell which is applying at any given time. <br /><br />I think I've used 'm'sieur' in a comment in the past, and 'Mister' would've been quite different, either small-child-tugging-at-the-hem or 1930's gangster; I suppose for the full orphan effect I could've said 'Hey, mister.' Master would be different <i>again</i>, even with it being your proper title and all, although 'honest neighbour' could work too.The Antipodean, who has been called "Your Majesty" on occasion, and has to admit she kinda liked it,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-17442076202039375432010-07-05T16:03:18.812+01:002010-07-05T16:03:18.812+01:00I quite enjoy "old bean" (unisex), "...I quite enjoy "old bean" (unisex), "old boy" ("old girl" earns you a slap) and "me old bucolic muckamuck" (which results, more often than not, in a request that I define both bucolic and muckamuck - but it is a conversation starter).Jimhttp://www.mentalindigestion.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-49338929490740202552010-07-05T15:36:57.992+01:002010-07-05T15:36:57.992+01:00Didn't Isaac Asimov refer to his readers as Ge...Didn't Isaac Asimov refer to his readers as Gentle Reader as well?Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442047326036005669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-65277132125119384532010-07-05T15:35:34.099+01:002010-07-05T15:35:34.099+01:00I once went out with someone who called me me &quo...I once went out with someone who called me me "babe" or "dude", interchangeably - which supports Elizabeth's comment about "dude" being unisex.Mrs. Malaprophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571335974754100925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-57876995827984878612010-07-05T15:34:21.123+01:002010-07-05T15:34:21.123+01:00As an additional gloss, I think that in the UK &qu...As an additional gloss, I think that in the UK "hon" is used mostly by women to address their friends, who they would describe as their "girlfriends".Mrs. Malaprophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571335974754100925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-82145464230149270812010-07-05T15:14:44.998+01:002010-07-05T15:14:44.998+01:00At least among my circle, "dude" is the ...At least among my circle, "dude" is the unisex pronoun of choice, as "they" is hotly contested in singular use, and "one" makes one sound a bit stuffy.<br /><br />Buddy, in America, has a similar connotation as Pal does in England.Elizabethhttp://www.elizabethshoemaker.com/noreply@blogger.com