• DigitalDilemma@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Here in Devon, the local phrase from a certain age of woman server is “Hello, my lover”. Catches the odd person out but you’d have to be a dick to kick off about it.

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      1 day ago

      In old fashioned diners in the US the older woman would call you “Honey” frequently. This seems to bother the woke crowd. Me, I like the old school waitresses.

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        1 hour ago

        I’m part of the woke crowd and have never seen anyone I know get upset about it. In fact, we all tend to like it.

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        I don’t know for sure, but my guess is that it extended from “Ullo my Love”

        There’s also “my 'ansome” from woman to man, and “mah bud / buddy” for man-man.

        Like most regional English accents, there’s tons of variations in a small geographic area and many unique words and phrases.