Think i,ve awoken up into a parallel universe

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024 ... ordie-term

Older women in the North-East call men and boys 'pet' all the time - something that middle-calss incomers with university jobs have obvioulsy never clocked. Gawd knows what she'd make of 'hinny.'

Or “mi duck” in the East Midlands

Or 'old luv' in West Yorkshire.

Some people just need to get over themselves, empty vessels and all that!

"Mate" will be next, followed by Marra

Or ‘old cock’ in South Yorkshire

The woman’s a windbag. End of.

Have been called 'pet' and 'luv' by both sexes plenty of times in my lifetime and you know what I was never 'triggered' once. Leave our regional dialects alone it is one of the great things about this country.

Thing is These people are listened to nowadays.

I guess ‘Oi fatty’ is out then.

That’s bullying now Mr I

Thing is the idiot was comparing it to words like ‘babe’ or ‘sweetie’ which it is not and taking it totally out of context and has no idea how it is used by all ages and sexes.
A prime example of someone with no earthly idea what the word is used for, do some research you lazy ‘academic’ and sadly this is how low academia has sunk in in it’s pettiness and sick obsession with language.

a good example on why some of these places should be shut down if thats what they are spending their time on. who are these normal lasses you,ll meet every day who are bothered by all that shite. like the whistling from builders. one told me it bothered her only when they stopped doing it.

Well that's 'Vera' cancelled.

Auf Wiedersehen, Ms..

No not Wor Vera

Then of course there is the story Doug.