We 'figure' things out. No one that I know ever uses 'Mate' either. It's Bud, Buddy, Babe. Hon.


It's not a matter of being picky...it is what your ear is tuned to.

O/G
Why should this 'grate' Armando?Armando wrote:While doing so I read a few of the other remarks and I do like the idea of a specific dictionary which might include words such as "Cleaky" as it conveys the intended meaning. However, a word (?) such as "suss" and its other derivatives grate on my well being. I hope that I am not being too picky.
Armando [/i]