How do you call your friends?
By balacancer22
@balacancer22 (1148)
India
December 30, 2008 7:20pm CST
How will you call your friends casually..i have heard words like dude and buddies being called in english speaking countries..but in India we have a different variety where they call friends by names like mama,machan(brother in law),dhosth(friend),bhaiyya(brother).these are the four words which are used by a average young man to call upon his friends..do you have any different words like these? if please let us know?
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18 responses
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
1 Jan 09
Shreya becoming shrek...oh my god thats really very absurd since a sweet name like shreya is being changed but thats cool..well you have actually not mentioned what your nick name is..?
Happy New Year..
@ajith_kumar (721)
• India
31 Dec 08
I am also in india and i use to my call my friends using there nick or just machan machi ,mama,mapla etc...for eg:one of my friends nick name is "big show" bcoz his weight is 95kg and he is only twenty years old .
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Oh..I think That you must be a tamilian and only we use these words..ya we also use these words like big show if anyone is fat...
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
For fun we call our girlfriends 'gaga' which means exactly what you think it does - it means crazy girl. But we say it with all the love in the world. It's not degrading when girlfriends use it with each other - it's like being yourself with everyone and forgetting about manners and all that. I guess it can be explained like how some people call their friends 'b1tch' but they don't really mean it:)
Thanks for the response on my discussion!
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
9 Jan 09
Oh That great and i think some of my girlfriends also use only these type of words to call their friends..it doesnt matter..i liked the discussion so nly i replied...
@brady2moss (700)
• Singapore
31 Dec 08
My REALLY close friends I call them by their nicknames, and sometimes their petnames. As for my other friends, I usually call them by name, and casually refer to them as "dude", or "girl" if she's a lady. Funny thing is, in our group, there are people who gets branded with whatever crazy thing/situation they got themselves into, and somehow every one calls him/her by that branded name.
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
1 Jan 09
Ya okay i got it..can you mention some of the pet names in which you call upon your friends so that we would also be benefitted and will use it if the word sounds great..Happy New Year..
@cookiezencream (22)
• Philippines
31 Dec 08
i'm from Philippines and i call my friends in their first names or nicknames. but sometimes we prefer to call each other by the term "girl" if we are referring to our girl friends. sometimes we call each other friend as simple as that. or sometimes we give each other a pet name. like for example some of my friends call me dora as in dora the explorer coz i like going to different places and they say that i look like dora.
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Ya i have also seen many of my girl friends using that word when speaking with their friends who are girls and i think that word is also great since that word describes original meaning of girl..
@m0neymaker (110)
• United States
31 Dec 08
Well, it also depends on where you live (I think we have established that). I mean if your from the ghetto you may refer your friend as "homey", a girl friend "shawty", "dawg", I personally call my friends "bro", "dude", "homey".
I am Indian also so I call my Indian friends by "Paaji" in respect, and "Yaar" to younger friends.
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Ya i have heard this paaji word..I heard that everyone in the Indian cricket team used to call sachin by this word only...
@m0neymaker (110)
• United States
31 Dec 08
Yea they call Sachin "Paaji" because it means brother in Punjabi. I use that often times to older friends as a sign of respect, and I mean who wouldn't respect the great Sachin Paaji!
@kunking (1118)
• China
31 Dec 08
hi,bala! its an interesting discussion..in North China,people like to call "gemen"(male)or "jiemen"(female)to their close friends while in South China, people call "liangzai"(male)or "liangmei"(female). and also there are some names that in common like "xiongdi"(brother) and "shuaige"(goodlooking man)..lol
have a nice day and happy mylotting!
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Oh Thats really great that you have mentioned over the words and their meanings..i hope that i will use that word atleast once to call upon my friends..Happy New Year Kunking...
@dolce_vita78 (8062)
• Philippines
31 Dec 08
Hello balacancer22!
I personally call my friends by their first names or by their nicknames. Although the word friend is translated in our language as kaibigan, I do not call them by that. I prefer calling them by their first names or by their nicknames. There are times when I would call them sis (shortcut for sister). Yeah, especially my closest girl friends...
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Oh Thats really great..Thanks for your reply and the word Kaibigan..and what is your mother tongue?
@regal_aeros (2605)
• Singapore
31 Dec 08
i call my gal pals babes and dearlings or sweeties. i'm a gal, so gals are more prone to honey words...
for my guy pals, i call them bro or eh you. haha.
for those really REALLY close friends, i call them biatches and barstards. but of course those are for friends whom know i have no hard feelings when i call them that. come on, we call each other that. =)
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Oh ok ok..by the image that you have given i thought that you were a boy but now only i knew that you a girl..anyway coming to the topic thats really cool that you call in your friends like these words...cool machi..
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Oh thats great dude...i will also try in and use this yaar word since it feels great and esctacic..
@balacancer22 (1148)
• India
31 Dec 08
Chums..is there any meaning for that word..if any i would also be able to use that word...i like this chums word..
@shreed_14 (460)
• India
31 Dec 08
I am from India and me and my friends usually have nicknames for each other and call them by those names.We also use words like yaar,bhai(in case of friends who are buys) and dost to call each other.
@moneytalk (26)
• Canada
31 Dec 08
When i was young in college we used to tease each other with teaser names. everbody has a teaser names opposite to there actual name.
@spike12_ph (254)
• Philippines
31 Dec 08
I call my friends "gang".i think it's a shortened form of the word "palangga(loved or cared for)"... i'm not sure about that though...sometimes we call each other by our nicknames.
@jesbellaine (4139)
• Philippines
31 Dec 08
Hi There.
Well, I have a nickname and my friends call me by my nickname. It is very rare if they call me by my real name. Sometimes, if we don't want to call them by name or whatsoever.. we just use the word "Hey Girl" "Hey Mami" when addressing to a friend that we are talking to... It is normal here. lolz.
Goodluck! Thanks for the discussion! Happy New Year and Happy HOlidays! Cheers!
@katrhina23 (1282)
• United States
31 Dec 08
i call my friends by names or sometimes i call them sis (short for sister) or bro (short for brother).
