Presenters - Again

[french frank]

“Cheers mate” is still ubiquitous.

In Bristol, we say, "Cheers, drive" when we get off the bus. Cheers Drive is also the name of a street, following a poll of local people to name a new road.

[Serial_Apologist]

“Love “ was quite common in the sixties / seventies in London but I think has died out a bit . “Cheers mate” is still ubiquitous. Even the odd “Guv” is heard along with “young man” once used to me when I was in my fifties.

I expect "Ta" to come back soon, given the state of roads at the moment!

[Bryn]

I expect "Ta" to come back soon, given the state of roads at the moment!

Indeed, squire.

[gurnemanz]

Like most people round here I always thank the bus driver but don't tend to add an appellation such as mate, squire, or indeed sweetie-pie.

[oddoneout]

Like most people round here I always thank the bus driver but don't tend to add an appellation such as mate, squire, or indeed sweetie-pie.

Thank you and a smile - even when I've been thrown around by someone who's forgotten it's a bus they're driving... Some of the bus fleet has leather seats which are all very well (not sure what vegans do) but they are slippery.

[hmvman]

...Some of the bus fleet has leather seats which are all very well (not sure what vegans do) but they are slippery.

They might not be real leather - so ok for vegans...

[oddoneout]

They might not be real leather - so ok for vegans...

Oh they're real leather, and part of the marketing.

[cloughie]

Yes “my lover “ is used constantly by both men and women when talking to customers . “My darling “ seems to be just women e.g, bar staff in local pubs .Its use has also crossed the Tamar to Plymouth. As has the habit of always thanking the driver when getting off the bus. One of the things that makes this a very pleasant place to live . One of the politest places in the UK.

Or “my ansom”!

[Serial_Apologist]

Or “my ansom”!

These terms, along with "my lovely", were commonplace in Bristol during the quarter century I lived there.

[cloughie]

Shari Vahl has a lovely voice and presentation style.

[kernelbogey]

Shari Vahl has a lovely voice and presentation style.

I agree, and much prefer her to the programme's regular Saturday presenter. She has great presence at the microphone: I've discovered that she is an R4 regular.

[kernelbogey]

Yes “my lover “ is used constantly by both men and women when talking to customers . “My darling “ seems to be just women e.g, bar staff in local pubs .Its use has also crossed the Tamar to Plymouth...

... where I believe 'my bird' is (or was) common.

[Ein Heldenleben]

... where I believe 'my bird' is (or was) common.

My bird is now , not so often , heard .

If I may strike a poetic note.

I can’t remember the last time I heard My Bird in Plymouth.
Love is still heard in London across genders and maybe female to female . But male to male it’s usually mate , chum (hint of aggression ?) , sunshine (ditto) or guv ( sometimes with faux cockney sense of irony) . Old Cock ( v much a cockney appellation ) is now only ever heard in pre seventies film and tv drama unless forumites know different .
The thing about “my lover “ that it’s used across genders in pubs , shops, buses. It is possibly a class denominator- in that you don’t hear it in classrooms from teachers , university common rooms or posh restaurants - which I think is a terrific shame.

[kernelbogey]

My bird is now , not so often , heard .

If I may strike a poetic note.

I can’t remember the last time I heard My Bird in Plymouth.
Love is still heard in London across genders and maybe female to female . But male to male it’s usually mate , chum (hint of aggression ?) , sunshine (ditto) or guv ( sometimes with faux cockney sense of irony) . Old Cock ( v much a cockney appellation ) is now only ever heard in pre seventies film and tv drama unless forumites know different .
The thing about “my lover “ that it’s used across genders in pubs , shops, buses. It is possibly a class denominator- in that you don’t hear it in classrooms from teachers , university common rooms or posh restaurants - which I think is a terrific shame.

A hospital receptionist recently called me 'my darling' with every sentence - at which I felt irritated. I also dislike men (strangers) calling me 'buddy'. (Please save that one for your mates.)

[Historian]

The thing about “my lover “ that it’s used across genders in pubs , shops, buses. It is possibly a class denominator- in that you don’t hear it in classrooms from teachers , university common rooms or posh restaurants - which I think is a terrific shame.

I think that, irrespective of the implied meaning, using 'my lover' as a teacher to a student would swiftly result in disciplinary action or at least a severe discussion about safeguarding. As a teacher I am constantly on guard as to what I say in school.

That said, I am sure that some dialect expressions must persist, even in schools and it would be a shame if (when?) they died out.