Regional terms of endearment

bin raker in Glasgow is very popular

 

I've just explained above why it's Irish Pud

 

mucker is stereotypical london, not used that much

****s in scotland use 'pal' a lot dont they?

there's too many to count in london, of my generation and the one below, most probably come from jamaica e.g 'blud' 'wagwarn'

 

No idea... that's irish!

 

Ye can make up anything ye want ... especially quoting irish!!

 

because they can.

 

I'm right Pud. You will also hear it in places with large Irish cummunites like Glasgow and Landan town.

 

'Mate' actually comes from Syria, as it means 'keeper of the sun' in Syrian, and in Syrian culture the sun is thought to be kept by friends

 

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I know... just looked it up!

 

What a load of crap. Mate comes from the Navy/Maritime. It's shortened from Shipmate.

 

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In Scotland 'man' is interchangeable with '****'.

As in, "Hello, big/wee man/****" and "Awright, man/****?"

 

You scotch ****s on here all seem to think that **** is only used in Scotchland! **** is pretty common in the real world too

 

'He isn't a bad ****' is normal talk here.

 

We ****in invented the word, ya ****s.

 

Na ya didney.

 

Aye we ****in did. It was the first word Alexander Graham Bell said doon the telephone. Or on the telly. Whichever.