From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2008-05-18T01:58:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Dude?

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Robert Dober wrote:
| On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Phillip Gawlowski
| <cmdjackryan@googlemail.com> wrote:
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|> Robert Dober wrote:
|> | Dear native speakers
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|> | I have been quite bothered with the usage of the word "dude" recently.
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|> A good translation of 'dude' would be 'Kumpel'. A synonym something like
|> 'buddy' or 'pal'.
|
| It was quite what I thought, although I would be honored to be called
| dude by someone I have posted with for years now I dislike the idea of
| being called Dude by someone whom I barely know.

Culture clash, really. The US (and especially California) are less
formal than Germany. Heck, English even dropped the 'thou', where as we
still have the 'Sie'. :)

As I've remarked else where: The US and German cultures are significant
enough to make the differences all the more pronounced.

(Really, when calling a call center, I'm on a first-name basis with the
call agents in the US. :P)

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