At 8:57 PM -0400 5/5/02, Duane Campbell wrote: >How 'bout "mate"? > >Whould work in the Northern hemisphere. > Conceivably down under too, as long as "mate" [as in bait] is distinguished from "mate" [as in bite] 'buddy'. It might (or mate) be a bit tricky on the intros, though: "Mite, I'd like you meet my mate".