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amoeba wrote:I remember ten years ago all the 'cool' people would use the word 'man' in expressions like these:
'No way, man'
'Man, you're crazy'
'Hey man, shut up!'
Nowadays I hear 'man' less and less and it seems that people are replacing it with 'guy' or 'dude'.
amoeba wrote:'No way, guy!'
amoeba wrote:'Hey dude, what's up?' (This sounds VERY Californian to my ears!)
amoeba wrote:I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Kirk wrote:amoeba wrote:'No way, guy!'
I don't use "guy" in that sense--that's an interesting usage. I haven't heard it used that way here.
amoeba wrote:I remember ten years ago all the 'cool' people would use the word 'man' in expressions like these:
'No way, man'
'Man, you're crazy'
'Hey man, shut up!'
Nowadays I hear 'man' less and less and it seems that people are replacing it with 'guy' or 'dude'.
'No way, guy!'
'Hey dude, what's up?' (This sounds VERY Californian to my ears!)
I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Do you also notice these changes? Maybe they are happening in some places and not in others. If I were to hear someone use 'man' in such expressions today, I would think it was a bit outdated. What about you?
amoeba wrote:I remember ten years ago all the 'cool' people would use the word 'man' in expressions like these:
'No way, man'
'Man, you're crazy'
'Hey man, shut up!'
Nowadays I hear 'man' less and less and it seems that people are replacing it with 'guy' or 'dude'.
'No way, guy!'
'Hey dude, what's up?' (This sounds VERY Californian to my ears!)
I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Do you also notice these changes? Maybe they are happening in some places and not in others. If I were to hear someone use 'man' in such expressions today, I would think it was a bit outdated. What about you?
Gormur wrote:I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Sounds like sth a black girl would say on Jerry Springer.
Stan wrote:Gormur wrote:I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Sounds like sth a black girl would say on Jerry Springer.
You just crossed the line
Gormur wrote:Stan wrote:Gormur wrote:I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Sounds like sth a black girl would say on Jerry Springer.
You just crossed the line
Oh come on, if you said it's sth a skinny white boy would've said, you wouldn't hear me complain. Lighten up, dude.
Stan wrote:Gormur wrote:Stan wrote:Gormur wrote:I also notice that 'girl' is becoming outdated.
'You go, girl!'
Sounds like sth a black girl would say on Jerry Springer.
You just crossed the line
Oh come on, if you said it's sth a skinny white boy would've said, you wouldn't hear me complain. Lighten up, dude.
why is it when people say offensive things and they get called out on it , the reply's always "lighten up"
'No way, man'
'Man, you're crazy'
'Hey man, shut up!'
'You go, girl!'
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secretGeek on CodingHorror wrote:Type inference is not a gateway drug to more dynamically typed languages.
Rather "var" is a gateway drug toward "real" type inferencing, of which var is but a tiny cigarette to the greater crack mountain!
Travis B. wrote:I have to say that I myself find "dude" to be very outdated, and I practically never hear it in actual speech here unless someone is deliberately silly. When someone isn't being silly when using it, it just sounds plain wrong here.
Kirk wrote:Travis B. wrote:I have to say that I myself find "dude" to be very outdated, and I practically never hear it in actual speech here unless someone is deliberately silly. When someone isn't being silly when using it, it just sounds plain wrong here.
That's definitely a regional difference between us, then, as it's pretty common here, at least for some speakers (and not just surfers). "Dude" also definitely must be said with a very fronted /u/. /u/ is commonly fronted and unrounded here anyway but "dude" is especially fronted and unrounded--something akin to [dɨːd].
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