Another kind of buddy

Tue Jun 12 23:52:27 UTC 2007

On Jun 12, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> An acquaintance of mine who was working on a home loan used the
> vocative
> "buddy" on me a few times here in Seattle. He's 27, but I'm not
> sure if
> he's from the area.

vocative "buddy" is a very different animal from 3rd-person-reference
"buddy", in my experience.

arnold

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