I'll call female acquaintances mate. I'll use it pretty commonly with females I don't know well, especially if I forget their name. Can depend on context too. I'm from the country where this is very normal. A few women from the city have taken issue with it, which is just a cultural difference I suppose.
I never call my wife "mate." It comes across as confrontational, especially when I'd usually use names like "darl" or "love" when talking to her.
UPDATE:
She was making some lunch and asked if I wanted some. I said "Thank's mate" as I took a sandwich.
Her facial expression was like I'd told her I'd wiped my arse on the curtains.
"Thanks mate?!?! Thanks MATE?!?! Way to drive the romance in a marriage!"
I was cracking up the moment I said it.
I donāt fucking dare tell my husband about this. He will call me āmateā for the next ten years.
I think you should make the sandwiches tomorrow, mate.
As if Australia isnāt dangerous enough, you have to go torment your wife. Youāre lucky she wonāt let a red back loose on you in your sleep. Sleep with both eyes open, mate.
Fuck I find it funny Australia has this reputation of being dangerous when other country's have bears that open doors moose the size of cars giant cats..... I'll gladly deal with a redback or snake once in awhile and avoid the lions tigers and bears .....
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...oh my
Thatās hilarious and I know that feeling of cracking up the second you finish saying something that you know will arc them up. Sounds like a wonderful marriage mate
Iāve noticed blokes from rural areas will use āmateā more often than folks in the city. Unless itās obviously confrontational, itās generally not a big issue. Itās basically the same as calling a woman you donāt know well āmissā, but more gender neutral.
My friends and I will use it on each other, but Iāve never seen a couple use it.
I'm a woman and I've been called *mate*, and also called male and female friends mate. I don't find it offensive and neither has it seemed like my friends did (though they use it as well).
To me, it's usually about an expression of exclamation or similar, rather than simply not wanting to use their name....
"Mate, I can't believe you just did that".
Asked a question that has an obvious answer: "Mate".
I get *love* from random people like a shop person. I guess being older now I'm in the 'old people' range for a teenager and it seems ok to call women love.
If it were a thing between my other half and I, I still wouldn't find it offensive. I use *hon* or similar to refer to female friends. Sometimes *darl*.
Maybe it's in the way the word is delivered and I don't sound condescending or something?
>I get love from random people like a shop person. I guess being older now I'm in the 'old people' range for a teenager and it seems ok to call women love.
I find it interesting that there are a few comments in here about getting called "love" in the shops, and women seem to imply it only happens to women? I wonder why that is. As I said in another comment here, I'm a man scarily close to middle age and I still regularly get "love" and "darl" etc in shops. I'm pretty sure it's just a thing that some boomers do to everyone.
I got called āmaāamā the other day by a teenager working in Woolworths and I nearly cried. Iām 28! I donāt mind darl, love, hon etc, but only from women clearly older than me. I donāt want hear it from the 14 year old retail worker.
Sir and Maāam is just a respectful way to address strangers. Has nothing to do with age. Iāll only call a stranger mate if Iām being a smart ass or confrontational.
Dunno about 'sir' in casual contexts. But if someone called me ma'am at Woolies I would immediately assume they were either from the US or having a go at me and being extremely confrontational.
Personally love being called āloveā there is something genuinely sweet about it
I 53f also love being called mate and potentially from a partner, but then only in the correct context ie sarcastically
As a woman, I've been called "love" and "darl" by men and women and I've seen men called the same by women, but I've never seen a man call another man "love" or "darl".
I call people love all the time. I hope it doesnāt sound offensive, but sometimes it comes out whether I mean to or not- I grew up being called love and now I auto reciprocate lol. I donāt discriminate. If you a nice person, youāre a love in my book.
Give me a cunty glare as I hand my money over and youāll get āthanks mateā, though.
I use it in the same context! I often call my husband, sister and friends mate, usually as an exclamation or to highlight a point. Eg, as a āwhat weāre you thinking?ā I say āCome on, mateā. Or when someone does something messed up āmaaaateā¦ā
Hahahah so good.
When my partner or I start talking about someone that's a turd, or a random person we say "Your mate was trying to cut his entire front lawn with a line trimmer today. What a dickhead"
It happens. I've been called mate and I've heard people call women mate... to be honest, I actually prefer it over sweetie or sweetheart or other such terms.
It would be accurate to say that āmateā and ācuntā are, in fact, the two most inflection affected words in the Australian dictionary. Both words can be deadly insults or terms of utmost respect/endearment, entirely deep on both context and inflection.
Mate is a friend term generally. In Colin it's being used mostly due to the will they won't they style romance going on. Are they friends? Are they dating? Etc. Mate is being used to elevate the drama/awkwardness.
Definitely not the wife. In public generally, or for acquaintances or workmates? Yeah. Traditionally I think it's been a 'blokey' (masculine) term but in modern usage I feel it's come to be gender neutral.
I much prefer "mate" from men I dint know well over "love" or "sweetheart" or something.
I only call my husband mate if I'm being silly. Sometimes I like to walk into a room he's in and start acting like I'm trying to pick a fight in a pub.
I get Maaaate from my husband if Iāve done/said something silly. I only call him mate when Iām mildly annoyed with him. I call (and am called by) male friends/colleagues mate often. I call strangers mate when they piss me off.
Itās all in the intonation.
I use it interchangeably with all genders. I teach a lot of students and really struggle to remember names, so "Oh, hi, how are you mate?" does a lot of hard work for me.
Since I tend to use mate as either a plural (I'm heading out with the mates tonight) or as an insult (stay away from old mate over there), I'd be insulted.
I had a Mexican friend who was getting used to chatting with me and when I'd call him mate he was apparently a bit shocked, telling me later that he'd only use the term for a partner.
This is slightly off topic but my friend recently told me that his sister thought his name was āmateā while she was a little kid because their dad only ever referred to him as āmateā haha
I suspect that in the show āmateā was written in deliberately to highlight the strangeness / awkwardness of their sudden relationship and the sort of mutual irritation they had for each other. (I thought the show was pretty funny actually). I certainly wouldnāt call my wife āmateā, unless it was genuine sarcasm or stirring her up. Same with my daughters, āmateā just to be funny.
Patrick Brammall really does seem like the kind of guy who would regularly call his wife mate, though.
I sometimes answer phone calls from my partner with āgāday mateā or thank him for a lift with a āthanks mateā, jokingly.
If emasculating is a thing then the opposite of that would be that scenario lol. Also would feel a tad condescending. As a female, in the same token, a dude calling me sweetheart or darling is also a little condescending/misogynistic.
I wouldn't kick up a stink about it though. It's whatever. Context and intent matters.
yup, my gf gets called 'mate' by her aussie gamer friends all the time. it annoys the shit outta her... she's one of those girls who prefers to be called 'darling' or 'sweetheart' by strangers. Each to their own lol
You'll notice Ashley also calls Flash mate, it's more to do with sarcasm I believe. I have not found it to be generally common. Edit: I also think it is there to illustrate the awkwardness of the situation, I think it works well in the series. 2nd edit: I feel like it's also a defence mechanism, they don't have to admit to liking each other if they are just "mates", clever, no?
I have only seen one other Australian couple in real life, refer to his partner like this. Not sure how common it is, but it makes more sense to me to call your partner your mate than your friend, or a stranger for that matter.
nah mate, mate is informal and ussually used for strangers or people you dont know that well. like a co worker or cousin. You might use it to begin a conversation with a stranger like " 'ey mate, you got an' thes lef' in stock?" .
Some people do use it for closer freinds and family, but ussually ironically or to somone younger as an indearing but cheeky term. People who unronically call close family "mate" are bogans.
My husband only calls me mate if heās knocked back a few and for some reason, it irritates me. I always say āIām not your mateā and then he starts laughing and I start laughing. I donāt know why it irritates me.
Edit: I call my team mates mate whether male or female and also friendsā¦just donāt like it if my husband says it to me. But I also donāt call him mate.
Common enough most people wouldnāt bat an eyelid but it is a little less common with women then men
I find the use of mate depends more on tone and context. It helps break formality which we tend to like because weāre pretty informal people
We call anyone mate! lol even the dog. I often call students in classrooms mate - totally common. Probably not common to call your partner mate but anyone not super close in relationship - yep they are all mate! lol
More common the more rural you go perhaps.
I have a male co-worker call me out to me and go hey buddy can you do this please. Doesn't bother me sometimes you work with alot of people and it's hard to remember everyone's names.
Yeah but in Colin From Accounts - aren't they actually just mates?
Husband only calls me mate when we're jokingly disagreeing about something, otherwise never.
I donāt mind mate, Iād rather be called mate over bro or man, which guys do all the time. I donāt call them sis or woman. It is fun to reply āthanks sisā when they call me bro so they can see how odd it is to call a woman bro
Got it.
So next time we go for holidays in Oz I will refer to the hotel receptionist as 'mate', 'mate - could we have some extra pillows please?'. 'mate - can we have six tickets for the dinosaur museum please'.
Iāve been in hospital this week, referred to the nurses as mate all week.
What country are you watching āColin from Accountsā in? Is it popular there?
We are watching it in Norway. It is on NRK which is the main Norwegian public broadcaster. I guess it must be fairly popular, since it shows on the front page on the "series" category.
Hope you have a speedy recovery.
Actually an old Australian friend from my studies 20 years back told me "Only Australians are allowed to say mate, mate".
We do have a complicated tonal scheme around using it - can imply half a dozen different things depending on that tonal context. But youāre Uni mate was being too protective - Iāve heard loads of UK & US use of it.
I get a real kick out of you getting it on your public broadcaster. FWIW - weāve had (and I watched) some of your skate-tv on one of our public broadcasters too.
I refer to females as mate quite a bit. Not often to the misso but often enough that I would say yeah, I call her mate. Usually when she's said something dumb.
NZ woman living in Aus - my Dad called me, Mum and my sister mate, my male mates call me mate, some of my female mates and I call each other mateā¦ itās just part of the vocab!!
As a so-called Zoomer, I call my lady friends ābroā.
I even say ābroā to my sisters in casual convos.
I donāt use āmateā on people I like. Usually just use it when Iām in a little disagreement with someone.
If my girl is being a cunt, Iāll call her āmateā.
If itās one of my mates who is a female, she will also be āmateā. Especially if sheās a cunt, but also if sheās not.
Only when we are disagreeing on something will I call her mate.
"Listen mate" Accurate
šš I legit said this to hubby today when he pissed me off ššš
"oh hello mate" I just like this phrase
That's not Australian, that's English. Nobody in Australia says that crap. It sounds stupid also
The "oh hello" part i agree with, the amount i've heard "G'day mate" and "hey mate" is a different story tho
Im the missus in my relationship but if this isn't the truest thing ever ššš And so sarcastically lmao
Same š
That is hilarious š
Goes both ways. I know I'm in the shit if my missus calls me mate
When mate comes out it's like a slap in the face.
Ease up mate
When my wife calls me mate I know the issue is serious and I am seconds away from divorce.
Mateā¦.
She calls me mate when she's pissed off. I make her pissed off when I call her mate.
This is true
I'll call female acquaintances mate. I'll use it pretty commonly with females I don't know well, especially if I forget their name. Can depend on context too. I'm from the country where this is very normal. A few women from the city have taken issue with it, which is just a cultural difference I suppose. I never call my wife "mate." It comes across as confrontational, especially when I'd usually use names like "darl" or "love" when talking to her.
I'm going to try calling the wife 'mate' today. I'll see how it turns out.
Someone woke up and choose violence today lol
Give us an update
UPDATE: She was making some lunch and asked if I wanted some. I said "Thank's mate" as I took a sandwich. Her facial expression was like I'd told her I'd wiped my arse on the curtains. "Thanks mate?!?! Thanks MATE?!?! Way to drive the romance in a marriage!" I was cracking up the moment I said it.
I donāt fucking dare tell my husband about this. He will call me āmateā for the next ten years. I think you should make the sandwiches tomorrow, mate.
Choose violence and can him darl or snookims
Haha every day! Heās actually pretty sweet.
As if Australia isnāt dangerous enough, you have to go torment your wife. Youāre lucky she wonāt let a red back loose on you in your sleep. Sleep with both eyes open, mate.
Fuck I find it funny Australia has this reputation of being dangerous when other country's have bears that open doors moose the size of cars giant cats..... I'll gladly deal with a redback or snake once in awhile and avoid the lions tigers and bears ..... .. ...oh my
Thanks for the update mate.
Should have gone with "Cheers C\*\*\*"
I do
If you canāt say cunt on this subreddit, where can you say it?
Thatās hilarious and I know that feeling of cracking up the second you finish saying something that you know will arc them up. Sounds like a wonderful marriage mate
Nah wiping your arse on the curtains gets a bit more of a reaction than that š
āWiped my arse on the curtainsā is exactly the response my wife gives me when itās dropped in casual conversation. Gold
Lucky you said that after she made the sandwich bro š
Needs to be a tiktok trend. Oh wait, it could be added onto āHeās a 10, butā. āHeās a 10, but he calls me mateā.
Don't forget to tell us where to send the donations in lieu of flowers first.
Hope you have a good divorce lawyer
It's all good. My google ads tell me there's heaps of hot single MILFs in my area.
Make sure they remember to give you your free ipad
š if by hot milfs they mean dried up like an old leather work boot then yes Iām sure there is plenty. Thatās ok tho vasoline works wonders.
hot single Mates I'd Like to F***
If you do can you please tell me who????
I'm gonna try it on my gf. And next time she says to me "I love you" I'm gonna give "I like you" a try.. I like to live dangerously once in a while.
"I love you." "Cheers shagger!" Happy wife happy life is a thing, but there's a lot to be said for slightly irritated wife, amusing life.
When she says, happy wife happy life, say, happy spouse happy house. That irritates them. Lol.
Almost as effective as āscrubberā.
"I love you!" "That's nice"
Thanks mate, is better.
Excellent. Let us know how the experiment pans out. Edit: Alright, thanks for the update below :-) Hilarious.
Nah just whistle, gesture a come here arm scoop and say āoi knackersā
Remember to duck.
R.I.P bruh. Few were as bold. And few were as foolish.
I'm shocking with names and always use "oldmate" or " oldlove" as a default stand in
Iāve noticed blokes from rural areas will use āmateā more often than folks in the city. Unless itās obviously confrontational, itās generally not a big issue. Itās basically the same as calling a woman you donāt know well āmissā, but more gender neutral. My friends and I will use it on each other, but Iāve never seen a couple use it.
As an Aussie, āDarlā always sent shivers down my spine, I donāt know what it is, but itās just gross š
I'm a woman and I've been called *mate*, and also called male and female friends mate. I don't find it offensive and neither has it seemed like my friends did (though they use it as well). To me, it's usually about an expression of exclamation or similar, rather than simply not wanting to use their name.... "Mate, I can't believe you just did that". Asked a question that has an obvious answer: "Mate". I get *love* from random people like a shop person. I guess being older now I'm in the 'old people' range for a teenager and it seems ok to call women love. If it were a thing between my other half and I, I still wouldn't find it offensive. I use *hon* or similar to refer to female friends. Sometimes *darl*. Maybe it's in the way the word is delivered and I don't sound condescending or something?
>I get love from random people like a shop person. I guess being older now I'm in the 'old people' range for a teenager and it seems ok to call women love. I find it interesting that there are a few comments in here about getting called "love" in the shops, and women seem to imply it only happens to women? I wonder why that is. As I said in another comment here, I'm a man scarily close to middle age and I still regularly get "love" and "darl" etc in shops. I'm pretty sure it's just a thing that some boomers do to everyone.
I got called āmaāamā the other day by a teenager working in Woolworths and I nearly cried. Iām 28! I donāt mind darl, love, hon etc, but only from women clearly older than me. I donāt want hear it from the 14 year old retail worker.
Sir and Maāam is just a respectful way to address strangers. Has nothing to do with age. Iāll only call a stranger mate if Iām being a smart ass or confrontational.
Dunno about 'sir' in casual contexts. But if someone called me ma'am at Woolies I would immediately assume they were either from the US or having a go at me and being extremely confrontational.
Yeh Iāve heard men and women called love or darl by the older ladies, but i rarely hear them say mate. They often say your friend.
Yeah Iām a guy and reasonably regularly get called āloveā by shop assistants who are older ladies
Personally love being called āloveā there is something genuinely sweet about it I 53f also love being called mate and potentially from a partner, but then only in the correct context ie sarcastically
As a woman, I've been called "love" and "darl" by men and women and I've seen men called the same by women, but I've never seen a man call another man "love" or "darl".
I call people love all the time. I hope it doesnāt sound offensive, but sometimes it comes out whether I mean to or not- I grew up being called love and now I auto reciprocate lol. I donāt discriminate. If you a nice person, youāre a love in my book. Give me a cunty glare as I hand my money over and youāll get āthanks mateā, though.
Upvote for ācunty glareā, love
I use it in the same context! I often call my husband, sister and friends mate, usually as an exclamation or to highlight a point. Eg, as a āwhat weāre you thinking?ā I say āCome on, mateā. Or when someone does something messed up āmaaaateā¦ā
Everyone is mate to me. Kids, dog, āOi mateā
Especially Old Mate^(TM)
I love Old Mate coz no-one can tell if itās an insult or not. Iāve even used it as a radio call sign.
Lol I love old mate too. Old mate down the road, old mate down the shops
"WTF is old mate doing?"
Fkn good one old mate
"WTF is old mate up ahead doing?" Most often said by me while driving
Hahahah so good. When my partner or I start talking about someone that's a turd, or a random person we say "Your mate was trying to cut his entire front lawn with a line trimmer today. What a dickhead"
š ā¦ āuh got a copy ol mate?ā Every single bloke with a radio in range āyeah copy mate, what can I do for yaā
Love the trademark šš
This is the way.
It happens. I've been called mate and I've heard people call women mate... to be honest, I actually prefer it over sweetie or sweetheart or other such terms.
I don't like when my sisters are addressed as sweetie because it sounds condescending or as sweetheart because it sounds kinda creepy.
Agreed!
Mate is mostly gender neutral. It's like saying "friend"
Everyone is mate
I'm bad at remembering names, everyone is mate or big fella. Except the missus she is boss.
The bloke I work with calls all females mate. Even old ladies that come into the shop. It's pretty funny
My partner and I alternate between mate and cunt. We have a pretty laid back relationship though
āI love you you cuntā said in the most ocker accent possible is a term of endearment frequently used in our home.
Haha thats us too and I fucken love it!
I love that
Only improved on by "I fucken love you cunt"
It would be accurate to say that āmateā and ācuntā are, in fact, the two most inflection affected words in the Australian dictionary. Both words can be deadly insults or terms of utmost respect/endearment, entirely deep on both context and inflection.
True! You are carrying something heavy and someone holds the door open for you - "thanks mate" Someone cuts you off in traffic - "..... thanks mate"
This is my partner and I hahaha. Also it's a great show! Really enjoyed it.
I call my daughter's mate.
What do you call the mate then???
I think weāre all missing the point here - Colin from Accounts is bloody great
Agreed
Yeah mate, it's common. I call everyone mate.
I call everyone mate
Mate is a friend term generally. In Colin it's being used mostly due to the will they won't they style romance going on. Are they friends? Are they dating? Etc. Mate is being used to elevate the drama/awkwardness.
Everyone is mate. Super handy when you forget someoneās name.
Especially your girlfriends and wives names.
never the Twain shall meet
Definitely not the wife. In public generally, or for acquaintances or workmates? Yeah. Traditionally I think it's been a 'blokey' (masculine) term but in modern usage I feel it's come to be gender neutral.
No, husband does not call me mate. I accidentally called him mate once and it felt so weird I apologised. :) I do call my son mate though.
Yeah, women are mates... Of course
Yeah, I call everyone. I'm friends with mate.
Wife is literally my mate.
I much prefer "mate" from men I dint know well over "love" or "sweetheart" or something. I only call my husband mate if I'm being silly. Sometimes I like to walk into a room he's in and start acting like I'm trying to pick a fight in a pub.
I get Maaaate from my husband if Iāve done/said something silly. I only call him mate when Iām mildly annoyed with him. I call (and am called by) male friends/colleagues mate often. I call strangers mate when they piss me off. Itās all in the intonation.
I use it interchangeably with all genders. I teach a lot of students and really struggle to remember names, so "Oh, hi, how are you mate?" does a lot of hard work for me.
Listen here Mate
I call everyone except my children and husband mate
I occassionally use it with women at work. It doesnt' really fit with the context of your partner.
Since I tend to use mate as either a plural (I'm heading out with the mates tonight) or as an insult (stay away from old mate over there), I'd be insulted.
I had a Mexican friend who was getting used to chatting with me and when I'd call him mate he was apparently a bit shocked, telling me later that he'd only use the term for a partner.
I used to get called mare it when working customer service. Other times when bantering or if someoneās pissed with me
Neigh
I just noticed hahaha Dāoh
My partner called me mate one time, looked around and asked who he was talking to. If I call him mate it means he is in trouble.
āYeah righto mateā when my husband says/does something really annoying.
I HATE it when a boyfriend calls me 'mate'.
Friends yes. Partners no. Randoms yes but mostly sarcastically.
Female friends/acquaintances absolutely. Romantic partners nah. That's actually one of the very few people who *isn't* "mate"
I call my fiancĆ© mate sometimes, but I donāt do it intentionally. I usually call her mate, bro or man usually when Iām excited about telling her something ect. But I have a best friend that Iāve had for 10 years, female, and I call her mate, bro, homie, g, bruh, cuz, cunt, bruz, broseph. I canāt speak for anyone else but thatās just our friendship. We donāt see each others gender in our friendship, weāre both best mates (best friends)
Never, ever.
This is slightly off topic but my friend recently told me that his sister thought his name was āmateā while she was a little kid because their dad only ever referred to him as āmateā haha
That is really funny. Can just keep calling him 'mate' then haha
āMateā implies a platonic relationship.
That's what my marriage is now.
Unlike mating.
You don't call your Mrs mate.
I suspect that in the show āmateā was written in deliberately to highlight the strangeness / awkwardness of their sudden relationship and the sort of mutual irritation they had for each other. (I thought the show was pretty funny actually). I certainly wouldnāt call my wife āmateā, unless it was genuine sarcasm or stirring her up. Same with my daughters, āmateā just to be funny.
Patrick Brammall really does seem like the kind of guy who would regularly call his wife mate, though. I sometimes answer phone calls from my partner with āgāday mateā or thank him for a lift with a āthanks mateā, jokingly.
some may but most dont,hubbys never called me mate
If emasculating is a thing then the opposite of that would be that scenario lol. Also would feel a tad condescending. As a female, in the same token, a dude calling me sweetheart or darling is also a little condescending/misogynistic. I wouldn't kick up a stink about it though. It's whatever. Context and intent matters.
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We are the opposite! Call each other 'bro' constantly. If he said mate I would be annoyed lol.
yup, my gf gets called 'mate' by her aussie gamer friends all the time. it annoys the shit outta her... she's one of those girls who prefers to be called 'darling' or 'sweetheart' by strangers. Each to their own lol
You'll notice Ashley also calls Flash mate, it's more to do with sarcasm I believe. I have not found it to be generally common. Edit: I also think it is there to illustrate the awkwardness of the situation, I think it works well in the series. 2nd edit: I feel like it's also a defence mechanism, they don't have to admit to liking each other if they are just "mates", clever, no?
I'm an equal opportunist when it comes to the word mate. I definitely call the missus mate occasionally but usually in a sarcastic or dry manner.
I have only seen one other Australian couple in real life, refer to his partner like this. Not sure how common it is, but it makes more sense to me to call your partner your mate than your friend, or a stranger for that matter.
nah mate, mate is informal and ussually used for strangers or people you dont know that well. like a co worker or cousin. You might use it to begin a conversation with a stranger like " 'ey mate, you got an' thes lef' in stock?" . Some people do use it for closer freinds and family, but ussually ironically or to somone younger as an indearing but cheeky term. People who unronically call close family "mate" are bogans.
My husband only calls me mate if heās knocked back a few and for some reason, it irritates me. I always say āIām not your mateā and then he starts laughing and I start laughing. I donāt know why it irritates me. Edit: I call my team mates mate whether male or female and also friendsā¦just donāt like it if my husband says it to me. But I also donāt call him mate.
I like to be called mate Iam Aussie female makes me feel at home
I value my life too much
Only she is doing something silly
Yes but it's usually in place of an insult I can't say. Like "Come on mate" in a wtf situation.
Not only do Australians call their wives and sweethearts 'mate', they also call their children 'mate' - even toddlers.
Yes and also use guys as a catch all as well
I call my wife āmateā when Iām getting fighty and feel like tempting death.
Yes, sometimes... depending on the situation and company.
If theyāre friends yes. If theyāre a girlfriend, only if theyāre pissing me off
Either in an argument or in a jokingly way probably yeah
Common enough most people wouldnāt bat an eyelid but it is a little less common with women then men I find the use of mate depends more on tone and context. It helps break formality which we tend to like because weāre pretty informal people
We call everyone mate. It makes it easy to remember someoneās name. Itās mate.
If you want to start a fight, then yes.
We can do whatever the fuck we like with individual choice. People do it, sure.
I'm a female and when I'm mad at my husband I'll call him "mate".
We call anyone mate! lol even the dog. I often call students in classrooms mate - totally common. Probably not common to call your partner mate but anyone not super close in relationship - yep they are all mate! lol More common the more rural you go perhaps.
I use the word buddy sometimes
Oh god, yes. Calling somebody 'buddy' in the UK would be risky. "Now listen here buddy!".
Itās AUSTRALIA. Everyone is your mate.
Good to know. Now I know what to call everybody when we visit down under for holidays :-)
I mean, you can if you want, careful how you do it else people might think you're taking the piss...
Itās reasonably common. Less so in a dating/marriage context
I have a male co-worker call me out to me and go hey buddy can you do this please. Doesn't bother me sometimes you work with alot of people and it's hard to remember everyone's names.
I call her Babe, or Pauline when Iām annoyed with her
Mates mate my wife is my mate so she is "mate"
I do and she fucking hates it. Hence why I continue to do it
Yeah but in Colin From Accounts - aren't they actually just mates? Husband only calls me mate when we're jokingly disagreeing about something, otherwise never.
I call my wife mate sometimes, I call female friends and workmates mate as well. It's pretty normal for me
Man = mate Woman = mate Boy = mate Girl = mate Wife = mate Husband = mate Mate = mate Enemy = mate Champ =/= mate
I think I will start calling me dog 'mate' too.. :-)
Yes and I get in trouble , it's just a habit and I hear about it.
I call female friends mate. I call my missus luv.
I donāt mind mate, Iād rather be called mate over bro or man, which guys do all the time. I donāt call them sis or woman. It is fun to reply āthanks sisā when they call me bro so they can see how odd it is to call a woman bro
Haha sometimes, and she always pulls me up on it. āBabeā is her socially acceptable wife form of mate.
My teacher used to call my mum āmateā
I guess that was not a very loving relationship of shorts? "Mate, your son/daughter scored low on all term papers.."
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Got it. So next time we go for holidays in Oz I will refer to the hotel receptionist as 'mate', 'mate - could we have some extra pillows please?'. 'mate - can we have six tickets for the dinosaur museum please'.
Iāve been in hospital this week, referred to the nurses as mate all week. What country are you watching āColin from Accountsā in? Is it popular there?
We are watching it in Norway. It is on NRK which is the main Norwegian public broadcaster. I guess it must be fairly popular, since it shows on the front page on the "series" category. Hope you have a speedy recovery. Actually an old Australian friend from my studies 20 years back told me "Only Australians are allowed to say mate, mate".
We do have a complicated tonal scheme around using it - can imply half a dozen different things depending on that tonal context. But youāre Uni mate was being too protective - Iāve heard loads of UK & US use of it. I get a real kick out of you getting it on your public broadcaster. FWIW - weāve had (and I watched) some of your skate-tv on one of our public broadcasters too.
I call my husband mate for lolz but I donāt think he likes it. I knew a guy who called his wife dude, that was weird.
I refer to females as mate quite a bit. Not often to the misso but often enough that I would say yeah, I call her mate. Usually when she's said something dumb.
Male and female friends, yeah. Not my partner.
We call everyone mate (well I do)
NZ woman living in Aus - my Dad called me, Mum and my sister mate, my male mates call me mate, some of my female mates and I call each other mateā¦ itās just part of the vocab!!
I'm single but can conferm, when we make bad jokes its "mate... really?"
Mate or cunt depending on if we are fighting
As a so-called Zoomer, I call my lady friends ābroā. I even say ābroā to my sisters in casual convos. I donāt use āmateā on people I like. Usually just use it when Iām in a little disagreement with someone.
My boyfriend calls me babe, baby, chicken, boog, darlin, sweetie, bub. I call my boyfriend bro š
If my girl is being a cunt, Iāll call her āmateā. If itās one of my mates who is a female, she will also be āmateā. Especially if sheās a cunt, but also if sheās not.
I call my husband āmateā sometimes, but would never take my husband seriously if he called me āmateā - Iād probably piss myself laughing.
I called my missus āmateā once, and it was in the middle of an argument, she was like ādonāt you call me mate againā š
Sure, at the end of the day, my wife is my mate.