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Posted: 6/6/2008 8:03:52 PM | I cringed the 1st time a male co-worker called me "hun"...I mean when you're on the phone I guess people say it all the time. I used to do it on the phone sometimes out of habit whether it be male or female. It was just a figure of "speech" but just recently a NEW employee (about 3 mos. new now) said that one time to me and he's married and I've heard him call his wife that. IMO, it was not appropriate when he called me "hun" and I cringed when I heard it and I've heard him say that several times to females in person (another co-worker) and on the phone and I guess just hearing it come from him I don't like it. It's not about lacking imagination, it's about thinking your AT HOME at feeling that comfortable with someone (you don't even know) to call them "Hun" when you call your "Wife" the same thing. I honestly don't think it's appropriate for a married man to say that to anyone but their "WIFE".
P.S.-->>I AIN'T "YOUR" HUN loL | |
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Posted: 6/7/2008 12:57:00 AM | Personally It doesn't really bother me but I can understand how It may not be welcomed by everybody. I think the poster who made the comment about regional dialect was correct in what he was saying. I call most women love without even thinking and I can't think of one occasion when Ive been rebuked or pulled up about It. Ive been called love by Yorkshiremen which I found most alarming but again that's just a regional thing.
I must admit I don't like being called son, sonny-Jim, sun-shine, laddy etc... by somebody younger,the same age or not much older than myself. I find that disrespectful and condescending. I can see why a woman would find being called hun babes , darling etc...equally as disrespectful esp from a younger man or in the workplace by her boss. That's most inappropriate and unprofessional. | |
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Posted: 6/7/2008 2:14:31 AM | I think the names like hun/hon, babes, sweetie etc are fine between people that have been talking to each other for some time, it's inappropriate if it is the first contact with someone or as JCL mentions 'in the workplace'.
I do tend to ignore mail which starts Hi hunni......... I don't mind if they call me Angel as that's the name on my profile and if the mail is good one then I'll let them know my real name. Sadly never been called sexy  have been asked a few times if i'd like some sexy fun though  | |
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Posted: 6/7/2008 6:44:32 AM |
why do mean im ya then put kisses after every thing they say? wots tht all bout??? dinlos!?
Sorry I speak only basic French and Spanish a little Italian, fluent in English but I don't speak double Dutch so if you could translate maybe the rest of us could offer a reply
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Posted: 6/7/2008 7:43:09 AM | I'm try to understand why people use such crass words especially when flirting online with someone who you do not know at all. I really don't want to be called hun, babe, fit, hot, sexy, luv etc... it just lacks imagination and orginality in my view.
Isn't it the sentiment behind the words that counts?
Whilst I have no particular love (luv?) of them, neither Text Speak nor 'crass terms of endearment' signify that a person is unoriginal an unimaginative (or a chav, or stupid, or... etc, etc).
A lot of it is just colloquial dialect (like blokes who call each other "shag")...
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Posted: 6/7/2008 1:15:49 PM | | I don`t like being called babe, hun, etc either, it sounds fake and stupid, and most women i know think the same. Unless you are being called it by someone that knows you, then it`s different. | |
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Posted: 6/7/2008 4:36:26 PM | Thank You For This Topic!
It grinds my gears when I get emails that have words like , u,L8rz & Av. Its annoying! I cant understand most of these "Buzz" word texts! When some one uses cheap talk like the ones above, I just think "well they really cant be bothered to speak to me" Because they cant be bothered to speak to me in correct English! I really dont like being called babe at all. I just find it cheap.(Look at me all snobby)
I remeber that somebody emailed me back saying I write long lengthy emails & that I should abbreviate my words to make the message shorter! (I am so sorry if I like to write in poetic prose)Ha!
Anyway Rant Over
Take Care!
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| Fake language - Babe, hun, luv, dear, hot, fit, sexy and so on...
Posted: 6/8/2008 10:50:19 AM | on here yes I find it fake and irritating - having said that though, being a Londoner I do tend to call people Babe or darling when talking to them.......even the boss! LOL can't help it - it's just the way I talk - and saves having to worry about remembering people's names  | |
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Posted: 6/8/2008 11:03:26 AM | said it before and will say it again....
i dont care what you call me...as long as you call me lol
Joking aside..i use the word hun all the time...and on occasion have said babe....doesnt mean anything sinister..i just use it and ..well..i do...dont see an issue..there are a hell of a lot worse things people can call you!
lou
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Posted: 6/8/2008 12:31:07 PM | | I abhor anything that might be approaching text talk..as I am ancient enough to think that its only cool when you need to type your life story in 50 characters, it does seem to go hand in hand with hunni...think its to do with the iq less than shoe size condition suffered by some members filling my inbox....either that or I need to stop wearing eau de moron...lol. | |
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Posted: 6/8/2008 1:16:30 PM | Text talk sucks, period, keep it on your phone !
As for terms like hun and babe, the thing is in some areas of the country, and even different counties, these are part of the language. I have called my friends hun and babe for years, even people I have only just met. It is not meant to demean anyone, not in the slightest. The thing is I think alot of people read it as being down spoken and immediately do not see how it is meant. For instance if I said "Hey babe you look great" would you see that as being me being iffy ? Fair enough if i said "Oi sexy, you are a total hunny" then that would be pretty much someone being an ar*e, but I know myself that that would be demeaning so would never say it.
I think with everything in life, you need to read something, then perhaps read it again as a 3rd person, thinking about maybe what they meant when they wrote it. I recently called someone hun and they bit back, it was demeaning, and i was not being arrogant, but they took it that way.
I have had people message me calling me huni and fella. Was i cheesed off by the terms, not really, because for all i know they use that as a term of friendship.
Everyone is entitled their own opinion on this, but perhaps maybe we should give each other a little extra room for their terms if they are genuinely not used in a nasty way. | |
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Posted: 6/8/2008 7:03:37 PM | | im late in on this but some of you want 2 calm down a bit and dont take yourselves too seriously.sorry ladies but some of you seem to have spent too much time at greenham common or in bham c.c social services thought police departments.suppose u want us to slam doors rather than open them it must be so condescending.if terms of endearment annoy you then i think you need to take a long hard look at yourselves you might just have a problem. yours lord ponsonby-smythe just off to cane the butler chinchin | |
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Posted: 6/9/2008 12:34:08 AM | I don't mind being called any of those things as long as they really mean them and they are spelt correctly.
Better than being called twat or ugly ba5tard!?
What does annoy me slightly is the overuse of the abreviation (why is that such a long word?)....' lol'
There have been very few times that i've read something that has actually made me laugh-out-loud!
Anyway...terms people call me are the least of my worries. | |
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Posted: 6/9/2008 1:14:31 AM | have to agree with Zulu to some extent - people do seem to throw their dummy's out of their prams for some very trivial reasons. Being called Babe is nothing to do with text speak at all - maybe I'm just one of the few old enough here to remember life before the mobile phone? But I can assure you young'ens that the text youth culture didn't invent it!  | |
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Posted: 6/9/2008 1:14:49 AM | i had never even heard of the expression 'hun' until i joined the internet dating scene, and it soon became a huge irritation to me. i absolutely hate it with a passion! it sounds so bloody false and slimy that it virtually makes me wretch...
my other half calls me babe, and i have to admit to loving hearing it from him, as i know i'm the only person he uses that term with...i call him 'orrible b@st@rd' usually and i think he likes that too  | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 9:34:14 PM | Yay! I'm not the only one that hates being called hun/sexy/love/babe by people I've never met.. Everytime a guy does it the words *sleazebag* and *desperate* pop into my head.. and I break contact asap.
I just want to know why they do it.. is it supposed to make me swoon at their feet or something??? | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:14:15 PM |
For instance if I said "Hey babe you look great" would you see that as being me being iffy ?
Yes.
When someone sends me a first message I assume they have read my profile and don't think I am a complete munter. If they want to get to know me, they need to say something more interesting than " u is hot, babes."
When you get to meet me, then it is appropriate to tell me how great you think I look...I have taken a whole twenty minutes of my life getting ready for this and a bit of appreciation is required.
If a guy slips into babes, hun, or some other cliche, then I assume it is because he lacks the brain power to distinguish my name from everyone elses.
I do tend to use "sweetie" to friends and people I like... except perhaps on the forum.
If I use a term of endearment on here it is a sure bet that I am being sarcastic or patronising.... | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 6:53:00 AM | | I have wanted to start something about this for ages but am bone idle so I thank you for taking the time to do it. My ultimate hate, makes my teeth grind and makes me want to spit is "babe" I may be fat but I am not a wee pink pig. And I dont think any self respecting teenage uses this lingo either anymore even if I was in a long standing relationship with someone and they called me babe I would want to deck them. | |
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