Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site homxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!homxa!carson From: carson@homxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.women Subject: Re: Compendium of "Endearments" responses (long!) Message-ID: <434@homxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 15:03:39 EDT Article-I.D.: homxa.434 Posted: Wed Oct 10 15:03:39 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 07:56:59 EDT References: <3804@tektronix.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 17 Guess this is my last chance to respond to this: In NJ, natives of a certain age (> 40?), regardless of sex, seem to refer to folks of another certain age (< 40?) as "doll" or "hon" (Drives me nuts...) One of my former housemates was told a whole hierarchy of endearments, used to indicate degrees of affection, by a guy she was starting to get interested in. All I remember is that she started giggling too hard at "princess" for him to finish. I've gone by "kiddo", but that was a long time ago...I still use "boss, lord and master, sir" but the giggling tends to negate the words :-) I've also been guilty of using "precious, catch, jewel, pearl, find, honische, peach" plus whatever else I think of on the spur of the moment before the giggling takes over... Patty