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[stevenrudge]

The Washington monument looks nothing like the guy. It looks more like a tribute to Bill Clinton.



Yes. It is. As a verb, it's what creatures do to make offspring. They mate. Purely American vulgar humor. To Americans, as a noun, "mate" only refers to the person you are making babies with, or the person who is your lover. Your lover is your mate, and visa-versa.

oh l see that makes more sense now,we use it as you would use Buddy?if l called my lover my mate they would not be imprest,but l could call anybody l meet in the street or work place that l was not personal with a mate,its a good job that l do not work in America,as most of the staff l work with are women(l'd like to say Lady's but their not) and as l walk in l usually say to them as l walk through(good morning mate how are you today)l be right in the **** by the sound of it,they'd think l'm taking the piss

[Light of Dae]

LOL Most people here (Canada) know n understand that Mate to you, is buddy. not like lover. We understanding!

[stevenrudge]

LOL Most people here (Canada) know n understand that Mate to you, is buddy. not like lover. We understanding!

you mean you speak English,mate

[Didymus20X6]

The thing is, if you're not familiar with Beavis and Butthead's sense of humor, they basically laugh uncontrollably at just about anything that can be related to sex, even if the context isn't sex-related. They would laugh at the word "mate" because to their juvenile minds it's funny.

[ConcinusMan]

Not saying we don't know what you really mean, it's just that we don't generally talk that way. Just like I know that coming from an Englishman, "Pissed" means drunk / intoxicated. Coming from an American, it's slang for "angry"

We don't go use a "loo" either. A public one is called a "restroom" and one at home is called a "bathroom". The actual recepticle is called a "toilet" I know, we're weird.

[EasternGirl]

And if we heard that our "mate got run over by a laurie while heading to the loo"....we would be upset that our lover got run over by some girl named Laurie...while he or she was going to meet up with some guy named Lou. Lol... We don't call trucks Lauries either. Ha ha... I used to live in England though...although...there are some slang words that you guys use that I don't pick up on these days. Either they weren't used in the part of England that I lived in...or they are new words that I am not familiar with since it was many years ago that I lived there. For instance, I had never heard "chuffed" before I came on this forum.