[Magdalen] Hon" etc.

[Scott Knitter]

FWIW, in the gay community the thing I get called most by guys I don't
know (guys selling beer at street festivals, for example) is "Sugar."

I think I'm too shy to use such terms on anyone but my own dear
partner. And cats. :)

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> > >
>> >
>>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA