Wrong thread mate.
Bolding mine.
Yo.
Why don’t we use “mate”? Too British, dude.
Right! Good thinking, yo! How could I forget “yo”, man?
When I hear ‘mate’, I think husband or wife, so for me, at least, it would be a confusing usage to refer to a pal or friends as a mate.
It’s my go-to. And depending on inflection it can be anything from a friendly invitation to frolic all the way to fighting words.
Wrong KINDA mate.
If I haven’t put my penis in you, you aren’t my mate.
I thought in Canada, you used “eh.”
PS: In Brooklyn, the go-to is “motherfucker.”
In the CG, we might call someone “shipmate”.
I like that. Very Father Mapple.
“We like to say ‘What’s up, guy?’
It’s our way to say hi.
In February
It is good to know a plow guy”
i think we just have more than one term which we pick based on the situation or the social circle. “Man,” “dude,” “buddy,” etc.
Ooh, harsh bro.
That funny, TriBROlar!
I am reading a book about WWII in the Pacific, and it mentions that American servicemen stationed in Australia got into the habit of calling other guys “mate”.
TriPALar!
Don’t ask, don’t tell!!
I think you have the question backwards. Mate means well, your mate. Someone you have sex with. Not a friend. Well, ok, sometimes you mate with a friend. Why do you call your friends and buddies “mates”