they no me, or iam one of them, or they want to be friendly....i was born in Saint-Paul de Vence, ive suffered alot of trauma and long term psychological problems..i came to england at 6...im sick of people here calling me 'mate' like they no me personally....my nationality is french, even though i spent half my time here....my long term plan is to move away to somewhere hot and sunny, emigrate....i do not want to be here around them...i want to be with people of ethnicity or around my own culture...this is why i wanna emigrate...to build a new life to and forget my traumatic past......but im sick of people the brits here trying to identify with me...calling me ' mate'...im NOT there mate...they do not no me and i dont want to know them...so what can i do to deal with it...?
i find it extremely annoying and antagonising.....its the white brit males that do this....can anyone help? am i being singled out is it just me?
2007-08-22 01:21:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You should read the book "British as a second language". Its by a Kenyan on his experience in the UK, and how he was treated by the Brits.
Get away from them ,you can not. Although I live in sunny Africa I'm still confronted by these rude people daily, in my own country!
We are in the same boat. Just smile and wave, you know you are better than them.
Also you should try deal with the trauma, speak to someone.
2007-08-22 01:55:17 · answer #1 · answered by KaribuTanzania 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you better bugger off back to St Paul de Vence. If you don't want to associate with anyone, may I suggest a Trappist monastery and a complete vow of silence? I think you're getting way too worked up over something that is just a friendly term.
Of course, you can alienate absolutely everyone by delivering that diatribe whenever they call you mate.
2007-08-22 01:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by chris m 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Mate, is a friendly kind way to greet another person...kind of like 'dude' is here, I would rather they greeted me with that, if I were a guy, than "Hey ***hole"....how do they know where you were born and your past history, if they are just reading your question for the first time...believe me, you won't get called 'mate' much longer...I think you are being far to suspicious, and senstitive...as long as they are not outright insulting you,..get over it
2007-08-22 01:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by MotherKittyKat 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
you are stupid, ignorant, french and racist.
mate is what you call someone, why does that offend you so much? would your rather them say 'oi, you fat frog'
emmigrate if you want, doesnt make that much of different. just dont ***** about the littliest of things.
i live 22 miles away from france, i like it there, but i like it here, i dont mind if people call me mate, unless it is extrememly patronisingly
2007-08-22 01:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
mate is just a friendly term
2007-08-22 01:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by boo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well,what a load of bollocks, it makes a change from them calling you "son",like in your last posting.
Was your mum a waitress in one of the hotels,muppet.
2007-08-22 03:48:44 · answer #6 · answered by Countess 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋