Another kind of buddy

[Mark Mandel]

Hmmm... other votes?

m a m

On 6/13/07, William Salmon <william.salmon at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> > When I need to address a male stranger on the street, I am just as
> likely to
> > use "buddy" for the vocative noun as "mister":
> >
> >    Hey, buddy/mister,
> >       you dropped something!
> >       turn on your headlights!
>
> "Hey buddy..." has always seemed a bit condescending to me, not quite
> like saying "Hey boy...", but getting there.
>
> WS
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