Terms of Endearment

[Maria B]

In Staffordshire and the West Midlands both men and women use the term 'duck' when speaking to another person irrespective of their sex".

Shocking at first but it's now becoming endearing to me compared to the term "mate". So I will call my Filipino family & friends "hellow duck" lols! I bet I will have a lot of backslapping if they are here.

How about in your area. Do you have any funny/ peculiar/ unique terms of endearment aside from flower, honey, love...?"

C'mon duckies, spit it out!

[Moy]

slutty

[stevewool]

yep duckie is what i say, to females, or ducks, to blokes i work with its t---ts

[stevie c]

Down here its

Hello guvner
hello love
hello mate
hello geezer
hello me old china

[Maria B]

slutty

[imagine]

different areas have their own, mine from west yorks was allright luv,

theres alright chuck,, pal,,, mate,,,, cock,( pardon the expression),,,

peterhead is , my loon or queenie, mostly say fit like,

there are many more that i cant think of at the moment, but there all different from location to location

[Maria B]

Down its

Hello guvner
hello love
hello mate
hello geezer
hello me old china

guvner? geezer? which area are u from again stevie c if u don't mind me asking? geezer sounds cute

[Maria B]

different areas have their own, mine from west yorks was allright luv,

theres alright chuck,, pal,,, mate,,,, cock,( pardon the expression),,,

peterhead is , my loon or queenie, mostly say fit like,

there are many more that i cant think of at the moment, but there all different from location to location

cock (ooopps pardon) that sounds harsh than a duck interesting especially from scotland. wondering what's it like if anyone from wales, belfast, south end......

[stevewool]

luv is commen too, or free luv is better, well before i met my beautifull wife

[imagine]

luv is commen too, or free luv is better, well before i met my beautifull wife

love is never free , its an illusion,, one way or another you pay in full , a lifes lesson

[imagine]

cock (ooopps pardon) that sounds harsh than a duck interesting especially from scotland. wondering what's it like if anyone from wales, belfast, south end......

that one isnt from scotland its from down south somewhere , maybe leeds , liverpool or maybe london , not sure, but i heard it a lot years back in yorkshire

[stevewool]

me old cock, sheffield area,yorkshire

[stevewool]

love is never free , its an illusion,, one way or another you pay in full , a lifes lesson

i am more then happy now

[Maria B]

me old cock, sheffield area,yorkshire

just imagine long time ago, they used to name their daughters as 'fanny'

[imagine]

just imagine long time ago, they used to name their daughters as 'fanny'

victorian times , i know a street called fanny street, old st titus salts village saltaire

[imagine]

me old cock, sheffield area,yorkshire

thats it guess your right its them areas i heard it

[grahamw48]

that one isnt from scotland its from down south somewhere , maybe leeds , liverpool or maybe london , not sure, but i heard it a lot years back in yorkshire

My original hometown is Pontefract in West Yorkshire, and 'cock' was a very common form of greeting there.
Very common anywhere between Sheffield/BarnsleyWakefield/Pontefract area.

Remember Charlie Williams the comedian ? (from Upton near Ponte')...always used that expression as well as 'Flower'.

[imagine]

me old flower

[hawk]

am from lincoln we used duck all time but here in leeds its love /luv my uncle used to say how are you ducky or my ducks every city has there own sayings up north they say marrer as in my mate or whats the crack the list goes on

[Arthur Little]

In Glasgow - where I was born - it's "hen" ... as in:

"Haw, hen ... howzitt gaun?" ("Hello, dear ... how ARE you?")

Alternatively, when introducing oneself to others:

"Ah'm Ina ... Isa's china!" ("I'm Ina ... Isa's friend!")

- from which, it may be deduced that the former is a customary term of endearment (usually ... though not exclusively!) used by the male on addressing a member of the "fairer" sex - while the latter can just as easily be utilised by a female when announcing her own presence to another person of the same gender.

[Arthur Little]

So ... ducks ... hens ... whatever ... ... maybe that would explain WHY women are often [derogatorily] referred to as "birds"!!!

[stevewool]

So ... ducks ... hens ... whatever ... ... maybe that would explain WHY women are often [derogatorily] referred to as "birds"!!!

so true as proud as a peacock

[stevewool]

just imagine long time ago, they used to name their daughters as 'fanny'

fanny cradock

[Terpe]

It's all 'me duck' around Northampton area

[stevie c]

guvner? geezer? which area are u from again stevie c if u don't mind me asking? geezer sounds cute

Thurrock just outside of london

[subseastu]

luv is commen too, or free luv is better, well before i met my beautifull wife

I'm just down the road from Steve in deepest leicestershire so its duck and luv for us as well. A bit of a shock for the wife when she first arrived in the uk and it actually started quite a arguements, especailly when I said it to someone of the female type!!