Usage in British English of the word "Honey"

[John Walton]

::puts on Dramatic Flair Cape::

Reading through Sunday's chat script just now, I encountered some suspicion
about the usage in British English of the word "honey" as an endearment.
::sniff:: IIRC, I told Ebony while Brit-proofing that Brits don't use it.

::Dramatic Flair Cape flourish #1::

I will stand by that since, although it is in some usage in Northern (&
Southern) Ireland, they're not strictly "Brits" (they're citizens of the UK,
not Britain). Hence the Olympic team name of "Great Britain and Northern
Ireland" not simply "Great Britain" or "United Kingdom".

::another Dramatic Flourish::

The other alternative usage is between gay people as an endearment, but this
is very camp -- very "Ricki Lake" if you know what I mean. And, to be
honest, none of the HP protagonists would have all that much experience of
Ricki. I mean, can you think of Hermione shouting "Go Ricki! Go Ricki!"? I
thought not.

::yet another Dramatic Flourish of the Flair Cape::

In conclusion, it's basically restricted to the Ricki Lake fans and gay
people. Thassit. Go play now :)

--John
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