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PeonForHer -> RE: Puzzled (11/16/2008 8:07:06 AM)
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ORIGINAL: beeble
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LadyConstanze wrote: I got a bunch of mails today, they addressed me as "Sweetie", "Sexy" or "Honey"
I should mention that, in my part of the world, Yorkshire, and probably in other parts of northern England, it is customary for people (especially those of about my parents' age) to address members of the opposite sex as `love'. To many people, that might sound overly intimate but it isn't intended as being so in the same way that, for example, Australians address people as `mate' without necessarily meaning that they're their friend.
Obviously, this doesn't apply to `Sexy' but for some of the others, it could, in some cases, be a lack of cultural sensitivity rather than an attempt to be overly intimate.
beeble
In Southern England, as you probably know, "love" is only used by old ladies (though to almost everyone). Probably more alarming is the habit of very old westcountrymen of calling everyone who's younger, of either sex, "My lover". (Or "my loverl", as it actually sounds.)
I've noticed Americans will use "love" and "sweetie" more often than they'll be used in the UK. There's no diminutive connotation - I think.
By the way, did you think, like me, that undergroundsea was British at first? I took that for granted when I first saw a post of his signed off with "Cheers".
I'm wondering, why aren't there more contributions from Australians to this thread? Strange silence from down under on this subject, I feel.
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