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Dela Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Amen, Dude
After Mom served everyone their food, Dad seemed to decide that he ought to be the one directing the conversation. “So, Mike and Matt,” he says, “you're seniors this year.”
“Amen!” they say together.
“Amen? As in you're glad high school's over?”
“Absolutely.”
My father starts twirling his fork. “Why's that?”
Matt and Mike look at each other, then back at my dad. “The regurgitation gets to you after a while.”
“Isn't that funny,” he says, looking around the table. “High school was probably the best time of my life.”
Matt-or-Mike says, “Seriously? Dude, it's totally lame!” Mrs. Baker shoots him a look, but that doesn't stop him. “Well, it is, Mom. It's that whole robotron attitude of education. Confine, confute, conform—I've had totally enough of that scene.”
Amen: beside the end of pray, do people say "Amen" instead of "So it is" or "truly" to express the feeling they are happy that a thing they dislike is over, here in this case the high school?
Dude: It seems Dude, Man, etc. is often used informally in a chat. Are they different? I mean in which circumstance people say Dude and say Man.
“Amen!” they say together.
“Amen? As in you're glad high school's over?”
“Absolutely.”
My father starts twirling his fork. “Why's that?”
Matt and Mike look at each other, then back at my dad. “The regurgitation gets to you after a while.”
“Isn't that funny,” he says, looking around the table. “High school was probably the best time of my life.”
Matt-or-Mike says, “Seriously? Dude, it's totally lame!” Mrs. Baker shoots him a look, but that doesn't stop him. “Well, it is, Mom. It's that whole robotron attitude of education. Confine, confute, conform—I've had totally enough of that scene.”
Amen: beside the end of pray, do people say "Amen" instead of "So it is" or "truly" to express the feeling they are happy that a thing they dislike is over, here in this case the high school?
Dude: It seems Dude, Man, etc. is often used informally in a chat. Are they different? I mean in which circumstance people say Dude and say Man.
Top answer
If my children every called me or my husband "Dude" we would look them in the eye and ask who they were addressing. Is it used informally? Absolutely.
- If my children every called me or my husband "Dude" we would look them in the eye and ask who they were addressing.
- Is it used informally?
- Absolutely.
- Do I appreciate it being used as a form of address for me?
- Absolutely not.
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If my children every called me or my husband "Dude" we would look them in the eye and ask who they were addressing.
Is it used informally? Absolutely. Do I appreciate it being used as a form of address for me? Absolutely not. If anyone under the age of 30 tried to call me that, they would know it was unacceptable.
The dialogue you're quoting is an odd mix of current and past slan
Is it used informally? Absolutely. Do I appreciate it being used as a form of address for me? Absolutely not. If anyone under the age of 30 tried to call me that, they would know it was unacceptable.
The dialogue you're quoting is an odd mix of current and past slan
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