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Originally Posted By: seemore
Yeah Nah
A positive and a negative in the same breath???????
And Buddy or Mate when some one has just met you.
Seemore


I have to admit, the whole "yeah Nah" in the same breath bugs the hell outta me. Just try it next time you get security searched @ the airport, they'll think you're on drugs.

As for "mate" when someone just me you, a lot of the time it's because people forget names, literally within minutes. Other times it's because they are being friendly.

I personally hate "oh my god", or "oh my gosh". if it's really that big a deal, just swear FFS. (oh, and I realize these aren't a "word", these are 'words".
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Originally Posted By: seemore
Yeah Nah

A positive and a negative in the same breath???????

And Buddy or Mate when some one has just met you.

Seemore


Positive and negative - Germans do that pronouncing as "na-ya" meaning ambiguity, both ways, and other things. I actually dig it. Always thought of Westerners as people who only can understand Yes or No, never both.
Apparently some people and culture (Germans and Japanese) understands this.
As for Australians using it- lot of the times it's I don't give a shit.

Buddy - Ever seen Jim Carrey's Cable Guy ?
As for calling everyone mate in Australia, that was normal 30 years ago.
Actually I noticed people 10 years younger than me (current 40) uses Man more often than Mate. That place has changed a lot.
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