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Trile, right?
Pumpkin. Muffin. Muffin. Poet. Sausage.
Hello. Sausage and cabbage.
Cabbage is not one. Mate, mate. All
right, mate. Hello, mate. What's up,
mate? Hi, mate. Then we got love and
lovely again. And how is it used in the
north? What you would say to someone?
Are you love? No. Oh, sorry. Ah, you're
all right, love. No.
Tarof. Tarof. Soft and
loving. Angel. Soft and loving. Mate is
a good thing to go in with for anyone.
Angel. Angel. I don't like Angel. Nah.
Feel a bit sick. Excuse me. Sorry. Um,
do you speak English? No, I don't.
Sorry.
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driver's seat. It's a bit cultural. It's
definitely about Britain and it's about
the language. British English. Okay. And
it's a
bit personal and juicy. No, it's not
juicy. Juicy. I'm nervous. No, it's not
juicy at all, but it's it's it's
interesting, I think. Okay. You want to
let me in on anything? Yes. So,
today we talk. I'm so nervous. Really?
No. About pet names?
Ah, now I'm happy. I love pet names. Oh,
great. So I looked up pet names in the
UK in Britain. Ah in public pet names to
strangers. We have everything. Wow. We
will first now go through a list of pet
names from pe different people to
different people like friends or or like
romantic romantically related people.
But also we have pet names in different
regions. This is cute. So I just want to
tell you the pet name and you tell me
what you think. Oh, like or no, just if
it's that we can do later, but if it's a
good one. So, okay. One that we talked
about a lot of times and we don't have
to talk about it now long is the one.
It's love love. L love. I love you know
what the description says? Simple and
classic. It is. It is a classic. It's
um it's one which when you say it I
instantly think
of the lady at the checkout in our local
supermarket. Hello love. Hello love. Or
usually it's usually in my mind it's
always like an older woman like a
matriarchal figure who like is working
behind a desk in a way like uh at the
fish and chip shop. I love what can I
get you? Is this also the same for
darling?
Darling. Uh, can you say darling or
darling?
Darling. Darling is not so common. It
that's more if I think my first like
initial reaction is a guy like an older
guy sometimes builders in a building
site can be a little bit patronizing.
Okay, we don't like darling. It's a bit
old school. It says here, "Very British
and posh sounding." Yeah. I mean, this
is a gift you give your loved one.
Darling, I'm downstairs in the basement
recording a podcast. But I'm here, too.
Sweetheart.
Sweetheart is also a pet name which is a
bit more intimate, like a couple would
do it. And I'm also getting like in
public patronizing builder vibes. Sweet
art. Sweetheart.
Sweetheart is actually not in the in the
regions. Do you want to say where you
see it? I hear southern dialects saying
sweetheart. Sweetheart. Dear. Dear.
Yeah. Dear is nice. Hi dear. Hi dear.
Yeah. Do you know what? Our neighbor
says it to you and to me I think. Yeah.
It says oldfashioned but still sweet.
Yeah. Our next door neighbor who is like
a elderly lady always calls us dear. And
it's very it feels very genuine when
someone says that. It does. Yeah. And
dear is like something which is you hold
something dear like you treat it like
with
Yeah. Like you don't take it for granted
and you're very Yeah. You it's it's your
kind of possess your prize possession in
a way. Okay. So this was the category
sweet and classic pet names. And there's
one more which is described as soft and
loving.
Angel. Soft and loving. Angel. Angel. I
don't like angel. Nah.
feel a bit sick. So, now we go to casual
and friendly pet names. Mate. Mate. All
right, mate. Hello, mate. What's up,
mate? Hi, mate. It's nice between
friends, isn't it? Well, actually, you
mate is a mate is a good thing to go in
with for anyone. Anyone. Hello, mate.
Hi, mate. What's up, mate? You can say
this to the person in the supermarket,
person on the street. It works really
well. It's kind of
um bit more of a masculiny thing, mate.
But nowadays, you can use it for anyone,
I think. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Especially like
if you're of a certain younger age, mate
is just fine. I mean, maybe not to like
an older person.
But someone who is like your age, male
or female, whatever, mate goes down.
Well, you can never go wrong with it
really. Okay. I think they are not only
between friends, they're just casual
because now comes one which is babe or
babes. Babe popular and affectionate.
Yeah, babe is good for like if you're in
a relationship with someone. It's also
you can use between girls I think al
often girls that are friends close
friends especially girls and also it's
like I call nama babes. Yeah,
exactly that literally a pet name. Yeah.
And also it's also used
quite nicely in justest. Like I could
say it to like a close male friend of
mine. Hi babes. As like a bit of a bit
tongue and cheek. Hi babes. Then I have
one that is a bit like angel. I think it
says classic and warm. Honey. Honey.
Honey. Angel. Honey is more of a if a
relationship should be one. I wouldn't
Yeah, it is. This is not friends. It's
just casual and friendly in public. I
wouldn't use honey if anyone really.
Again, it's like a little old lady could
do it to Yeah, honey can also be quite
patronizing. Yeah, can be. Now, we got
the quirky and fun British pet names.
And I would like to just say them all
and you tell me your favorite. Okay, the
first one I don't even know how to say.
Hel,
wait. Right. Go.
Pumpkin muffin. Muffin. Poet. Sausage. I
like sausage. And cabbage.
Cabbage is not one. What do you like
most? I love a word. Cabbage. Pickle.
Pumpkin. Muffin. Puppet. Sausage.
Cabbage. Wow. Um,
pumpkin. Zeus. Pumpkin is really cute.
That was German. Zeus. Zeus. Trickle.
Pumpkin. Muffin. Popit sausage. Cabbage.
of all of those. Pop it. Pop it and
sausage. White sausage. Sausage. Yeah, I
we call sausage. Pumpkin. Oh, pumpkins
are cute. You can say pumpkin. Pumpkin
is a bit more I always think of American
cuz like pumpkin pie. Hi, pumpkin pie. I
think of Dolly Parton saying it. Howdy,
pumpkin
pie. But um Poet is really cute. I like
Poet a lot. You say that to like um you
could say it to like a smaller child if
you like saw on the street. Hello popet.
You're all right. Or um but sausage I
like like we call Nola little sausage.
Yeah. Little sausage. Little pumpkin as
well. And but um trial is a very
Londonyy one. Very What is trial is a
bit like um oh a sweet term like the
syrup. Like a syrup or trio trial. So
the descriptions are trile is a sweet
term like the syrup. Pumpkin is cute and
affectionate. Muffin is adorable and
food related. Poet is an old but cute
British term. Sausage playful and
endearing. And cabbage quirky but some
Brits actually use it. It says cabbage
you. Then I do also have cheeky and
playful pet names, but those four I'm a
bit hungry now. which is actually one
that um I think two you use I would like
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us daily. Now we go to the regional
ones. M okay but we already had some
regional ones. I know we start now with
our region which is called London and
the south. London. The south okay trio
love
l. All right, love. It says even here
common in London and the south. Love.
You don't hear love that much in London.
There's other ones definitely here in
London, right? That you're probably
going to say maybe possibly. There's one
says popular in London and Essex. What
do you think? We always had it before.
Um
maybe I can imagine Sweetheart Tool.
Babes. Babes. Babes. Babes. Hi babes.
Babes. Yeah. Women who are friends often
call each other babes. Yeah.
Occasionally used in the south. Yeah.
And I have not heard that. I mean, I
know I know it's a pet name, but I've
not heard heard it anywhere in like
daily life is sugar. Sugar.
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Sugar. Honey. Honey. Honey.
Honey. Yep. Then we got I think I've not
heard sugar. Really? Sugar makes me
think of Mil Gibson. Didn't he say sugar
to that American police woman? Don't say
sugar. Don't say sugar. No, don't don't
say sugar. Offensive. Unless you're Mel
Gibson. Beep. Do we have to beep this?
We beep.
Um, then we got something that is not
only the south. I think I also see it
already in another region which is duck.
Ah, duck. Duke duck. Sometimes heard in
pockets of the south but more up north
specifically. It says Midlands actually.
Ah, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Wait.
Midlands and Yorkshire. Yeah. And they
say aop duck. Aop duck or ducky coming
in and Nottingham Derby and Stoke on
Trent. That's uh really nice. Oh,
actually ducky. It says so good. AOP
ducky. You know them all. I like duck
but I would never say it but I really
like it and if someone called it to me
it's really bit wholesome. Yeah. No, I
also I like this one. Use in Yorkshire.
Yeah, you're right. Flower. Ah, flower
might be a bit patronizing, right? I
don't know. I think it's quite
endearing. Also flower.
A softer version of pet.
Huh? Yeah. You have to say the word now.
A softer version of pet.
A soft version of pet. Petal. Ah, yeah.
Yeah. It's very uh I would say uh like
Jordy, Newcastle, Northeast. Yeah. Still
Midlands in Yorkshire. Okay. Yeah. Okay.
Yeah. And then we got one more in that
region. Try this. Arit
petal. Pet.
Then we got cute and affectionate. And I
think it's it's actually cute. Sweet
pee. A sweet pee is nice. Zeus. Oh god.
Again. Zeus. Zeus. Zeus. All of these
are really good for your dog. Now we're
going really to Northern England. Well,
Yorkshire is Northern England, but we're
going now to
I think Duck was South Yorkshire though
to be fair. Like you say, Midland, South
Yorkshire. We're going now to the west
and the east in Northern England. We're
going to say one which is a bit like
what? Manchester, Liverpool, and
Newcastle. Now Manchester, we got pen.
Pen pet again. Very common. Newcastle.
How would you say Newcastle? Yeah, like
that. Harit pet.
How are we? You say this? How we pet?
How we um then we
got you in Manchester in Yorkshire.
Yeah. You all right? Chuck. H Chuck.
Chuck. Hey, Chuck. Who is Chuck? Don't
know. All right. I mean, you can have a
chuckle, which is a laugh, which is
having a laugh with someone. So, all
right. Chuck. Chuck. I like you. You're
a funny one. Yeah, maybe. I like Chuck.
It's like you That's for everyone. Okay,
shock. Then we got love and lovely
again. And how is it used in the north?
What you would say to someone? I love.
No. Oh, sorry. You're right. Love. No.
Tarov. Tarov. Isn't Tar? Thank you.
Yeah. T. Yeah. Tof. Tar is a nice one.
Yeah. You say t in the cells a lot. T.
And people do look weird at you
sometimes or not. Yeah. is also t is
like
um because babies can't say
if you saw our last podcast we in the
basement and again someone was on the
toilet and
babies right when you're teaching them
you can't teach them to say thank you
because it's difficult for babies and
for Germans right thank you babies and
Germans uh so you teach babies t
t yeah that makes sense And so then it's
carried up the ladder to a to grown-ups
now. Say task. And some just stick with
it. Yeah. Like me.
Um, baby forever. Uh, and so we go to
Scotland.
Scotland. Bonnie means pretty or lovely.
My bonn. My bonny lass. What is alas?
Alas is a
girl. Lad. Like my pretty girl. Ah,
yeah. A lad is a boy and a lass is a
girl. So like you can say like bonny lad
bonnas. Okay, cool. Now I got she can
playful ones for the after show. Oh
great. That was it. I hope you learn
some really good pet names. Be a bit
careful if you go to the UK or if you
live there already to use them. Mhm.
Maybe look it up before.
Yeah. Don't call
someone I don't know. I think to
summarize, love seems to be like an
overriding pet name throughout the whole
of the UK. Need to be a bit careful of
how you use it, but mate is always just
good. You're fine. You're never going to
offend anyone. Maybe a little old lady.
If you call it old lady mate, but all
right, mate. All right, mate. What are
you up to today? Tool.
But yeah, mate. We'll we'll get you some
places. Maybe you'll even make mates.
So, that was nice. Thanks for watching
this. careful with with your pet names,
but pet names are, and that's what I
want to say, what I've learned when
moving to the UK, pet names are a big
thing, much bigger than in Germany, I'd
say. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't be
overwhelmed when other people use them
at you as well. That's also the bigger
point. Like they're people mainly use
them to be nice to you. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. I was quite overwhelmed with
in a few weird situations. Um,
okay. See you. See you next time.
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