OOP: Mate, Dude whatever!

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> Darrin said: 
>> My question for any British folks, is whether or not "mate" is
> something guys don't say to each other until age 15 or 16<
> 
> Yup, pretty much. It's like Americans might say "man". I remember
> coming back to school aged 15 and finding that the boys had started
> all sorts of complex procedures of masculinity, including
> saying "mate" a lot, and a series of "street" handshakes. Not as odd
> and out of place as it might seem.
> 
>> -- No band name is allowed to have the word "mate" in it, from now
> on.>
> 
> Not even "Madame Rosmerta and the PlayMATES"? ;P
> Kirstini


I guess it would also be similar to people saying 'dude' a lot.  Though I
honestly canNOT see Ron on a surf-board....;-)

-Pads