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When a girl turns down a dude she doesn't want to go out with him any more. What is a slang expression for such situation? bounced? Regards, apprentice > > When a girl turns down a dude she doesn't want to go out with him any more. > What is a slang expression for such situation? bounced? Ditched? Chucked? Jilted? I've never heard "bounced" used in that way. Cheers Tony  SignatureTony Mountifield Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org Tony Mountifield <tony@softins.clara.co.uk>: > In article <577d2$4373c572$d4ba586d$2705@news.chello.pl>, > apprentice <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote: >> When a girl turns down a dude she doesn't want to go out with him any more. >> What is a slang expression for such situation? bounced? > > Ditched? Chucked? Jilted? There are probably any number of terms for this, depending on what era you choose -- no doubt Virginia Woolf would say one thing, Jane Austen another, and Britney Spears something else again. I think `dumped' is a current one. > I've never heard "bounced" used in that way. Nor I. b. SignatureEnjoy responsibly. <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> > When a girl turns down a dude she doesn't want to go out with him any more. > What is a slang expression for such situation? bounced? > Regards, > apprentice "Dumped" would be the most widely used expression, at least in the UK. BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. >> When a girl turns down a dude she doesn't want to go out with him any > more. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. Gorillaz Song " Clint Eastwood" ..check lyrics...".chicks and dudes" apprentice > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Gorillaz Song " Clint Eastwood" ..check lyrics...".chicks and dudes" So? It's still so yesterday or even day-before-yesterday, as they say! Non-natives, and even natives that don't belong to a particular scene or milieu, should be most carefulp about using slang. Usually they get it wrong and sound like wannabees or just simply stupid. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan >>> When a girl turns down a dude she doesn't want to go out with him any >> more. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. However thank you for this comment. So what is the widely spread expression instead of "mates, dudes, guys"? > Gorillaz Song " Clint Eastwood" ..check lyrics...".chicks and dudes" > apprentice > >> BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. > > However thank you for this comment. So what is the widely spread expression > instead of "mates, dudes, guys"? In the context of a relationship with a girl, it would be "guy" or "fella" (slang for "fellow", which isn't used much in its original form). "Mates" would be used in the context of men's friendships with each other. Cheers Tony SignatureTony Mountifield Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org > > BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. > > Gorillaz Song " Clint Eastwood" ..check lyrics...".chicks and dudes" It doesn't mean that it is current or cool. Being fairly familiar with Damon Albarn's lyrics, his tongue was probably firmly in his cheek. >> > BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. >> >> Gorillaz Song " Clint Eastwood" ..check lyrics...".chicks and dudes" > > It doesn't mean that it is current or cool. Being fairly familiar with > Damon Albarn's lyrics, his tongue was probably firmly in his cheek. Thanks for your reply, as you are the native speaker I take your words as granted. Regards, apprentice warsaw, poland >>>> BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > apprentice > warsaw, poland Perhaps you might warn your students that American modes of expression, whilst generally understood in Britain, are not necessarily appreciated. SignatureJohn Briggs >>>>> BTW, only teenage surfers (or wannabees) say "dude" these days. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Perhaps you might warn your students that American modes of expression, > whilst generally understood in Britain, are not necessarily appreciated. The problem with American culture is that I read a lot of American books and watch unortunately mostly American movies/films :-) Therefore sometimes it is difficult to distinguish for me which word is which. It takes up too much time looking up everything in a dictionary. By the way, are there any specific words from Am English that are anchored in Brit English? Regards, Pawel > By the way, are there any specific words from Am English that are anchored > in Brit English? Although there are minor differences in orthography, vocabulary and grammar between British and US English, the two dialects are generally mutually comprehensible by native speakers of either one. Where misunderstandings occur, they are often caused by cultural rather than linguistic factors. If you are attempting to learn the difference between two dialects by continually asking for examples of words that are interpreted differently in the two then I think that you are (perhaps inadvertently) committing a category error. Languages and dialects differ in more ways than just variant vocabulary. There exists no definitive list of English words that are specific to either British or US English (languages change continually -- it would be impossible to make such a list that would be valid for more than about five minutes). I don't know how you were taught English, but if someone told you that you could distinguish between dialects in such a manner then you had a bad teacher. NB: I am using the terms 'British' and 'US' English very loosely. Many dialects of English are spoken in both the UK and the USA. Giles |
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