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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:17 PM Original message |
A question, please, about slang |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ummm,..what? |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What do you do? |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. .... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Oh yeah |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. On "American Idol," Randy Jackson calls the female contestants "dude" |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, I was just catching up on the dude thing last week... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. "Dude" is now acceptable with people male or female. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yes, I'm ok with that now... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll say stuff like "yeah man" or "yo dude" to my friends, male or female. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Thank you! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Not normally. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I thought that the strictly correct etiquette... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. lol |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. snarf |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, no |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yes, I must be officially... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. IMHO |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. What happened to.... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Patted your ass? |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Yes... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It's very kind of you to be so understanding |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. He is back in another era.... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah man.... |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's fine in informal conversation, |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. IMHO slang is never appropriate in formal settings |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I believe that formal settings are never appropriate, man. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. OK |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. not sure when it happened |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I feel so old |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It's alright man... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Thanks, man! |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. see everything old is new again! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. I guess its similar to referring to groups as "you guys".... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I never, ever thought of "you guys" as being gender specific at all. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I'm in Missouri... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Actually, after 17 years in Texas... |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. My grandmother (shown in this photograph) objected to 'ma'am' |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. lol |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
39. It's OK |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. There is no situation calling for a "Yes, ma'am" where "yeah man" |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. Depends upon the situation |
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