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British usage in greeting
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redcamarocruiser
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British usage in greeting
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hi all, I am wondering if one can call a man �Love" in British English, as in the sentence, “Morning love, it’s nice again isn’t?” or is it clear that a woman is being addressed? |
11 Aug 2016
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cunliffe
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Hi redcam. In my neck of the woods, (Northern England) everybody calls everybody �luv � - definitely not gender-specific. So I would call my window cleaner - it �s a bloke - �luv � and he says the same to me. It is informal, obviously and I wouldn �t address the doctor, for example as �luv �. I think that �s fairly standard throughout the country actually, apart from areas where the preferred epithet is �duck � or �hen � or whatever and they are also used for men as well as women. At least I think you can call a man �hen � - I �d better check that one!
Edit: I�d better add - men don�t call other men �love�. |
11 Aug 2016
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