[Magdalen] Hon" etc.

[Jay Weigel]

In rural east Tennessee, "honey" is in very common usage. Women say it to
one another, mothers and fathers to children, men to women, and among the
older men in very rural areas, I occasionally heard men use it to one
another and it was not considered odd. Younger men didn't use it that way;
I guess outside influences had caught up with them.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:53 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This reminds me of a time when the hvac went south where my beloved spouse
> was working many moons ago.
>
> The landlord was with the hvac repairman and was talking to the head of the
> enterprise that was renting the space, my bs's boss, an older woman.  He
> offhandedly just called her "darling."
>
> Guys just seem to use this as means of subtly or not so subtly reminding
> women you are subordinate; remember to keep your place.
>
> She just told him she was not his darling, and not to use that term with
> her again, then they went on about fixing the hvac.
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "Hon" as in 'honey'?
> >
> > +++
> > Grace & peace,
> > jon
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > >
> > >  All the rest of the major ports - Portland, Maine, Portsmouth,  NH,
> > >> Boston, New York City, Portsmouth, VA, Charleston, SC, and  Savannah,
> > >>
> > >
> > > I dunno -- there's some evidence that the classic "Brooklyn Accent" --
> > > less pervasive now but spread around NYC and the suburbs traces back to
> > the
> > > Dutch. And there were parts of Brooklyn where a sort-of Dutch was
> spoken
> > > well into the late 19th century -- not so long ago.
> > >
> > > Is "Hon" related to the Pittsburgh "Yun" ???
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jim
> > >
> >
>