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Is 'Mate' the English version of 'Man' in America? (pg. 2)
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| smallSHEEP |
You could say something like - "I'm going down the pub with my mates"
Im america you wouldn't however say "I'm going down the bar with my men" |
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| Vigilante |
Examples
How's it going, mate??
G'day mate
Me and my mates are going out tonight
Yeah, he's a good mate (friend) of mine.
Do you want to mate with me tonight?? :eek: :eyes: :whip:
Mate, you have to be kidding. That is the craziest thing i have ever heard....
We say mate quite a lot here in Australia, but people also say man/dude/bro a lot as well. |
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| Pheobius |
| i often alternate, sometimes in phases of days or weeks, sometimes just randomly, also i say it to different ppl, i have a friend i also say man to, but some i would never say it, i think its just subconcious |
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| SevenSins |
| i say alwight mate? as in how ya doing friend but i do have a cockney accent. |
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| astroboy |
| Pomms don't say g'day do they? I thought that was just an Aussie thing:conf: |
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| SevenSins |
i am a pomm, i have never said g'day and have never heard one say it.
if they have said it, its been in jest to a aussie |
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Pomms don't say g'day do they? I thought that was just an Aussie thing:conf: |
Same here. I know pomms use mate (As we do), but i've never heard a pomm say g'day before. |
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| jessicah |
| quote: | Originally posted by smallSHEEP
You could say something like - "I'm going down the pub with my mates"
Im america you wouldn't however say "I'm going down the bar with my men" |
haha, hell, I do! ;) |
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| MykonosBoy22 |
| "BRO" is also a commonly used term here that you can substitute for Mate. |
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| arctic |
The thing is, to me (As an Aussie), when someone uses 'bro', I immediatly class them as stupid/idiotic. On the other hand, mate is ok in my book. ;)
It's probably a double standard, but my experience with the word 'bro' stipulates that it's only used by stupid people. :p |
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| hardstyle |
| i never heard a brit say "what's up." or do they say " whats up." When somebody ask me, " whats up?" I usually say ," The sky is up." |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by arctic
The thing is, to me (As an Aussie), when someone uses 'bro', I immediatly class them as stupid/idiotic. On the other hand, mate is ok in my book. ;)
It's probably a double standard, but my experience with the word 'bro' stipulates that it's only used by stupid people. :p |
There's one context in which it does make sense: when you're doing something bum-like eg: "could you spare a ciggy bro?", "don't have twenny cents do ya bro?". |
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