Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock View Post
I ****ing hate it . If anyone refers to me as mate (if they know me) I tell them I changed my name by deed poll as "mate" was too common.
It’s strange though, as I mentioned earlier, butt Ive not got a problem with, but I react completely differently to mate (and fella as mentioned by others). This thread shows we all react differently to this sort of thing, but, thinking about it a bit more, butt sounds genuine to me in a way mate doesn’t.