IF your not from the uk and you use the workd "MAte" ?

[f-a_org]

If you not from the uk & Aus. and New Zeal. and you us the word "Mate"

ISn't it kind of weird ?
I mean your calling someone your Sexuall PArtner right ?

what do you think ?

[Mr. HillBilly]

Depends on what people think of it as.

[f-a_org]

Example:

Mr. HillBilly you are my Mate, untill the end of time !

or

Mr. HillBilly is my Best Mate

Mr.HillBilly and I are Mates, so We Get it on alot (JK)

[Mr. HillBilly]

Example:

Mr. HillBilly you are my Mate, untill the end of time !

or

Mr. HillBilly is my Best Mate

Mr.HillBilly and I are Mates, so We Get it on alot (JK)

Let me PM you my number

[f-a_org]

lol , I run one of those We Are 18 numbers

Call me Big Boy .

omg , lol , J/k

[Mr. HillBilly]

lol , I run one of those We Are 18 numbers

Call me Big Boy .

omg , lol , J/k

Now I'm feelin the love

[Vile]

I use it sometimes on my board, and I don't think it's weird at all. The unwritten rule says that a casual "m8" is not the same meaning for "sexual partner" so that's pretty much understood.

[phill2003]

hmmmm a lot of words have double meanings and m8 does not mean your humping the dood you call m8

[vB3Dev.Com]

Well, when I use it its out of curtesy or friendliness the same way the american "buddy" is used.

[Vile]

And the other thing is that this happens all the time. People from various places use differnt words, expressions, dialects, etc. This is all common knowledge mind you.

[f-a_org]

Give an example please.

You can't Use Buddy as mate(sex part)
unless you use F*** Buddy.

[Vile]

Give an example please.

You can't Use Buddy as mate(sex part)
unless you use F*** Buddy.

I dont' mean just one word specifically, and I don't mean just words with "double meanings." What I'm saying is, people from various countries pick up terms & words that people in other places use, and try them out...When I visited UK last month, I learned a few new words, and tried them out here, just to see how they would go. While there, I taught others the expressions and words we use here in the states, and they tested it out..It gets passed back & forth, and even though it may seem strange to use a term/expression we (USA) use, in UK at, it will only seem strange at first, until it gets picked up more.

[Erwin]

G'day mate.

I think it's not really an issue. It's just a colloquial term used in everyday language, less so in the US, but not unheard of.

[Tolitz]

it's only weird if the word is only accepted to have one and only one meaning ...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mate

For example, if someone asked me how my trip to the Middle East was, and I said "it was cool, mate", it won't suddenly mean that (a) I consider the person my spouse or (b) it was snowing in Iraq...

[phill2003]

what about the word 'gay' it is now used to represent the homosexual person without offending them, but not that long ago if a person was known as 'gay' they were a happy gregarious person and not a homo....

but if you say to someone now 'wow your very gay are'nt you' they would most likely stab you in the eye as take it as a compliment.......

also the word bent, if someone at work points to a roll cage and ays look thats bent i know he means it is all out of shape, howevr if he then says look at that dood he's bent as a nine bob note, i know he doesnt mean he's out of shape.........