i know luv,& you're a star.

Oh let's ramble and diverge from the original thread, it's more like a real conversation then and I love rambling conversations that contain so much interesting information.... And so for those that like the origins of languages, let me post something that is even older than our mogrel English language...

Fi Mai mo chydweddu â beth ddeudi namyn Amddiffynna at 'r addoed 'ch dde at ddeud 'i

Amy xxx

Sireag, yes well I have a problem spelling it - pronouncing it correctly may be another matter- the Hun/Hon dilemma - I say hon - shortened form of honey - stuff bees make - not as in term of abuse applied by brits to the germans and austrians in ww1 sometimes I was never aware that it was changed by some to hun!!!

My name's Scottish Gaelic so there's lots of letters and stuff, but when you address me an H goes after the S so is Shireag, but then the S becomes silent and the pronunciation changes.With the Hun thing.The application was never shortened or changed,i think it was Bismark who said the Germans were like the Hun and it stuck, it's also used to mean Protestant and i have seen people get really angry being called it.
Amy Jane I'm glad to know you believe in democracy

Thank u Ms Sioda so u are like Hirayg He oda????

heehee kind of yes but no. It's the same with the last name as well so spelling wise it would be it is Sireag Sioda pronounced Shirag Shioda (very ish) and when addressing me it's spelt Shireag Shioda pronounced Hirag Hida (again very ish). So gold star to April-Mae.
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If I know someone then I think Hon is acceptable (Not Hun, but tbh think maybe the Huns (asiatic peoples, not derogatory name for Germans), get bad press. History is always written by the victors!)
Did that make sense?

being called hun has never bothered me, but i do prefer to be called "collette" or just call me a sarcastic sod or anything you want lol, love collette XXX. LOL.

Yep Hon good for me...or Babe....or Slut....or hey you! lol xxx

i have always liked oi you myself lol xxxx

I quite like you noisy fckr - its appropriate - but more honoured in the breach than the practice - lol

Thank you Sireag and well done on the translation. Amy xxx

Why thankyou

Hun makes me cringe just because it sounds so cliché I don't mind if you call me hun I don't think it is always because someone has forgotten my name, so many times someone wanting to attract my attention might say "Alex hun" so is it OK if some one uses it with your name?
Where I grew up everyone called everyone else duck I miss being called duck.

Crickey, I use lots of words like 'sweetheart, darling, sweet pea, pumpkin' etc. Lots of us do from Yorkshire. It's meant to soften the tone of conversation, or at least that's how I use it. I don't say hun, but I do say lots of other names.

couldn't give a shit either way

Im one of the lazy people who says hun, I promise to all on this site I wont use it again. xx

use whatever vocab u want, dont change what you say for the sake of pleasing others because that will make you less of a person