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applegrove

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1. In one small city in Ontario...women would call other women "hon". In the maritimes

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 11:36 PM

Feb 2014

people call a man they are telling a story about "buddy". You'll see it in the newspaper as a pronown. It varies. In my genealogical paternal family...the side that went to reunions.... people would call people who married into the family "outlaws" as a term of endearment. Cultural groups can be any size.

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Terms of endearment? Are they regional cultural or habit forming? [View all] diabeticman Feb 2014 OP

In one small city in Ontario...women would call other women "hon". In the maritimes applegrove Feb 2014 #1

Old Baltimore had "unisex" "hon." Igel Feb 2014 #3

"A-rabber A-rabber" the guy would cry out as his pony and cart passed my house..... msanthrope Feb 2014 #6

When I lived in Louisiana, worked in New Orleans HarveyDarkey Feb 2014 #2

Houston. Igel Feb 2014 #4

where I went to school as a little kid we called the teachers by their first names cali Feb 2014 #5