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Posted by: squarecutter
« on: January 04, 2025, 07:22:31 pm »

Think dads might use it for very little boys up to school age but yep I think a lot of boys in the UK may not appreciate it other than from their Mums. Theyd prefer tiger or buster, a bit more macho
Posted by: Zyngaru
« on: December 31, 2024, 01:23:18 pm »

In the south, yes, I know that Texas is considered part of the south, but not really, Texas is a Republic, a country of its own, but I digress.  In the real south nicknames like Sweety and sweetheart are used for children regardless of gender.  Another one used a lot was sweet Pea. Honey is also used.  On the flip side, names like heathen and little devil are also used.

There are a lot more names used for children but my brain isn't remembering them right now.

I didn't use them in my stories because of how they would sound to readers who aren't from the deep south.  I am surprised that DMK uses Honey because he isn't really from the deep south, but he is from where two parts of my ancestry call home with homesteads there to this day.  We are the true Hilly-Billie's.
Posted by: Jack
« on: December 31, 2024, 01:07:30 pm »

I've been reading a lot of stories by  David M. Katz and St. George/Kat recently.

Now, let me say that Kat is right at a year younger than me, and we grew up maybe an hour away from each other, so we have a LOT of similar life experiences.  David, on the other hand, not quite as much.

In David's stories, I've noticed several times where he has guys call their sons "Honey."  Every single time that bothers me.  Not that I mind using affectionate terms for you son.  It's just that, in my experience, Honey is a term mostly used by women, and not often towards men.  On the rare occasion I've heard a man using it, it was to a woman.

Doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it, and it took me a while to realize why it sounded weird.  I was just wondering if you've come across terms like that being used in ways that are unfamiliar to you.