Midwestern Personal Nouns

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Midwestern Personal Nouns

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So, I get called a lot of personal nouns, like boss, chief, friend, buddy, sport...
I sort of hate those, but are they Midwestern nouns?
I can think of thousands that can be derogatory, like cupcake, sunshine...
I know I am prone to use dude too much....
But are any of the colloquial?
What do you use or hear these days?
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Coyote wrote:So, I get called a lot of personal nouns, like boss, chief, friend, buddy, sport...
I sort of hate those, but are they Midwestern nouns?
I can think of thousands that can be derogatory, like cupcake, sunshine...
I know I am prone to use dude too much....
But are any of the colloquial?
What do you use or hear these days?
A retired co-worker of mine used to call people (men, actually) "Buck" as a term of familiarity. I don't think that's Midwestern, however.
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A school I hear a lot if Mister from the students. And female teachers are Miss. No last name used unless I remind them - by not answering to just Mister. :D
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Re: Midwestern Personal Nouns

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It seems like it is unusual now to hear a last name with Mr. Miss, or Ms. It's harder to take it seriously without a last name included.

I hear sir a lot, and use it myself even when addressing someone providing service or help.

I get called Hun or Honey at drive-through windows from female workers, and also from waitresses. It's kind of a traditional diner-waitress way of talking, I guess. It kind of bothers me to be called boss when I'm not and when you know they don't mean it. I think most personal nouns are used tongue-in-cheek nowadays.
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