From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2008-05-18T01:19:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Dude?


From: "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@gmail.com>
>
> Lots of funny stuff, I still do not know about Dude, I guess I will
> just parse it but not output it I guess ;)

Growing up in southern california, I heard "Dude" a lot.  :)

To my recollection it often took a form like:

  "....dude! you gotta see this!"

or

  "..there were these dudes at the beach last night who
   had a whole stack of palettes and made a huge bonfire."

also sometimes used in incredulity or dismay, such as in the
case where someone unwittingly committed a giant faux pas,
and/or upon hearing the telling of some particularly wild
event:

  "...so rob threw the soup can, but his manager came around
   the corner right then and it clocked him right in the face!"

  "oh, duuude!"

  "yeah, he got a bloody nose and rob got fired..."


Something like that :)


Regards,

Bill