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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
laurel:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on August 01, 2006, 07:59:49 am ---I see nothing wrong with E&E calling eachother "Boy".
It just has to be used in the correct context.
"Boy go fetch me a beer" <---Wrong!
"Boy C'mere and git on your knees" <---Hell yes.
"Boy, you pop the clutch on my truck one more time and Mr.Coyote will be angry" <--oh most definately!
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I agree with you David, hunderd percent! ::)
I know you were more interested in hearing from other guys, but I just wanted to weigh in with my gal perspective on "pookie", "sweetheart", and the like. I am not crazy about these overly sugary endearments. I much prefer names like "boy", "coyboy", "Mr. Coyote" (yum), etc. I think these are affectionate, without being sappy.
laurel:
Yay!! I'm not a tourist anymore. I'm a Junior Ranch Hand!! 8)
Okay, I so need some excitement in my life!
notBastet:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on August 01, 2006, 09:27:29 am ---Re: pet names...I think you get to a point you use a name and don't even realize it. For example, because of this discussion, this morning I noticed I was calling my husband "sweetie" and franklly, if you asked me yesterday, I might have said I never called him sweetie in my life! LOL My children I call "sweetheart" and "honey" all the time, that I know.
I also think people have a few of these endearments in their lexicon..."babe" at certain intimate moments, honey, sweetheart, and sweetie. No darlings, lover, baby, cowboy, snookums, lumpkin, or pookie for us.
A few weeks ago, I called a patient sweetheart. Now THAT was embarrassing!!
Leslie
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Leslie - living in the south, people call me dear and sweetheart all the time - clerks at the grocery store, customer service people on the phone! Even my clients. a few older men have called me honey (which sounds icky, but they're usually pretty sweet).
Calling your patient sweetheart - not weird down here. A lot of my granpa's nurses called him "hon."
notBastet:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on August 01, 2006, 09:45:20 am ---I wish. LOL. No eye candy here at gate A17, either. Sigh....
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that's the worst, huh? when there's no eye candy on a flight.
;)
pastorfred:
Regarding endearments: I called my son sweetheart when he was a toddler. What can I say? I'm a southerner, and the mountain West shares a lot of language characteristics with the South.
I had a wonderful male dog named Pookie. My daughter gave him the name.
I don't remember ever calling my son, "Boy," or anybody else, for that matter. I don't object to it as an endearment. I tend to agree with David about the times that it might be less than appropriate because it seems more demeaning than endearing.
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