Another kind of buddy

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/14/2007 11:06 PM, you wrote:
>>I hear them both as slightly disrespectful.  Probably because I would
>>not like to be called "bud", "buddy", or "pal" by someone I was not
>>buddy-like or pallish with (that is, acquainted and somewhat friendly with).
>>
>>See also James Harbeck.
>
>I'm slightly disrespectful?
>
>James Harbeck. (nobuddy)

No, not you; as I remember, you referred to "buddy" and/or "pal" as
slightly disrespectful.

Joel

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