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HSS Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Homes

I often hear something like "What's up, homes," and I understand it as a slangy term for a friend, or someone in your neighborhood.

Curious ...

1) Is it only used as a vocative case?
2) Is 'homes' used for both singular and plural nouns?

Thanks,
Hiro
  

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Hi, I often hear something like "What's up, homes," and I understand it as a slangy term for a friend, or someone in your neighborhood. Yes. But note this.

— Clive

  • Hi, I often hear something like "What's up, homes," and I understand it as a slangy term for a friend, or someone in your neighborhood.
  • Yes.
  • But note this.
  • If you are not a young African-American living in an inner-city ghetto, I think you will usually sound foolish if you use this expression.
  • Curious ...
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Hi,

I often hear something like "What's up, homes," and I understand it as a slangy term for a friend, or someone in your neighborhood.

Yes. But note this. If you are not a young African-American living in an inner-city ghetto, I think you will usually sound foolish if you use this expression.

Curious ...

1) Is it only used as a vocative case? I believe so.
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