Have you also noticed the trend for people who you don't know calling you "buddy" I feel like punching them in the mouth, I hate it.
What's wrong with "mate"? There was a stallholder at the end of Henrietta Place on Oxford St who used to call me "captain". I used to buy fruit from him just to hear him say it! I also found it amusing to be called "chief" when I worked part time as a fuel pump attendant. I was 17.
When you get called pal, it's a bit like being called "friend". It never seems very friendly or pally, like you are going to have to talk your way out of a fight.
And that word, too!............Since when did leaving 'um' off the end become fashionable? I wonder what 'Iro' and 'Stee' mean...........or 'Titani', come to that...........
You are dead right.........Whenever I have been called 'Pal' it was usually accompanied by someone prodding me in the chest.......this was immediately followed by an excruciating pain in my right hand............as their nose disintegrated.
Not quite the same thing, but two identical words next to each other in a sentence irritate me, even if the meaning is different. E.g. "My former colleague was Polish. Polish sausage is world famous" I much prefer "my former colleague was from Poland. Polish sausage is world famous" or alternatively "I had a colleague who was Polish. There is a strong tradition of fine sausage being made in Poland.
I find it quite funny now when old biddies call me "young man" - which strangely some still do. If you're still "young man" aged 50, will it ever end? Isn't that a Harry Enfield thing?
Posters who feel the need to end the post with their name. Who cares if Mr Fish or whoever, ends the post with John, MF etc? I know I don't FE
