people call you hun, babe, love, pet etc??? I've noticed that Maria S always calls people hun (for the record Maria i think its sweet)! I once called someone love at work and got a right royal b*llocking!
2007-11-01 04:43:58 · 38 answers · asked by Big Boobs McGee 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Dont worry about it Maria (HUN). Lol. I always call people love and chuck!
2007-11-01 04:55:05 · update #1
lol... O dear I didnt think I would offend anyone by calling them hun, or babes another of my favourate sayings....Sorry!
I just use this loads on here, and on my Multiply site (since 360 dont want us now), I always saw it as a nice touch, would hate to offend anyone. I wouldnt use the expression in a formal setting or in work to a client...although to my freinds and close work collegues I do call them hun or babes!
2007-11-01 04:49:14 · answer #1 · answered by Maria S © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In an informal setting, e.g. the cashier at a gas station, shop assistant, etc. where I don't know the person's name, I usually call them love. If I say "Excuse me Miss" I have had the response 'I am not a Miss, I am married'. If I use "love" it is not sexual or intended to be anything other than a non-specific salutation.
To: evasive eyes - your name is fine but if I don't know it is Nikki and I want to be pleasant, I may call you "love".
I did make a mistake once when I came up behind someone and said "excuse me love" and when the person turned round HE had a moustache and a little goatee beard, well he was wearing a trouser suit and had long, beatifully coiffured blond hair!
2007-11-01 05:13:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It definetly depends on the person like you like it when Maria says hun but others probably dont... i do sometimes but it depends on the type of conversation....
2007-11-01 04:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ Koala ♥ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends how and when it used most of the time its fine and I take it in an affectionate way but sometimes it can be used to patronise people which isnt nice and immediately annoys me.
2007-11-01 04:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by bez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always call people either babes, hun, love or darlin'
2007-11-01 05:01:46 · answer #5 · answered by Chav Princess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol I use hun sometimes but my ex-friends mum weere going round town with us shopping and she called EVERYONE love it was well annoying.
2007-11-01 04:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by Perfectwings 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like hun or dear. I quite like love, darling, babe etc.
2007-11-01 04:54:02 · answer #7 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hun is okay, babe is fun from a lover but god I hate it when people call me "love" !
2007-11-01 04:58:43 · answer #8 · answered by Rachel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it huffs me off more if a man calls me.
babe, darling, honey, love.
if a woman called me hun or love,
i suppose i'd feel a bit patronised but it's hardly worth getting all up-tight about.
folks up North, invade one anothers' personal space, refer to one another as love, male or female
& no-one bats an eye-lid!
guess you caught her on a bad day.
shrug your shoulders & take a deep sigh.
you can't please everybody.
2007-11-01 04:51:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it's a stranger it bother's me. There's this gal that works at the corner gas station that calls everyone hon, drives me nuts
2007-11-01 04:47:27 · answer #10 · answered by echosparent 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋