Comments on: Buddy http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lee http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-34645 Lee Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:10:13 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=121#comment-34645 I once met an extremely intelligent elderly black gentleman who grew up in the south and we became friends over time. One day I walked up and said, "hey buddy, how are you?" Immediately he became very angry and replied, "don't call me buddy!" You are not my slave master and I am not your slave! Nor am I a low life! Of course, I meant no harm but apparently the name buddy has a darker origin not known to present-day people.... (food for thought). I once met an extremely intelligent elderly black gentleman who grew up in the south and we became friends over time. One day I walked up and said, “hey buddy, how are you?” Immediately he became very angry and replied, “don’t call me buddy!” You are not my slave master and I am not your slave! Nor am I a low life! Of course, I meant no harm but apparently the name buddy has a darker origin not known to present-day people…. (food for thought).

]]> By: Matt http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-34612 Matt Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:26:04 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=121#comment-34612 I have been doing research for my living history character and reading many letters from American civil war soldiers. I've found a letter written to the soldier's sister that is closed "Your bud". In this case BUD is an abbreviation for "Brother Until Death" which was a very common way to close a letter in the 19th C. I have been doing research for my living history character and reading many letters from American civil war soldiers. I’ve found a letter written to the soldier’s sister that is closed “Your bud”. In this case BUD is an abbreviation for “Brother Until Death” which was a very common way to close a letter in the 19th C.

]]> By: dc http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-33935 dc Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:54:41 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=121#comment-33935 Reasearching some Aussie history, I found a piece about an encounter between Aboriginals and Englishmen in the very late 1700s. The Englishmen had an Aboriginal that was helping them trek through the bush. One night they encountered another tribe of Aboriginies... "By the light of the moon, we were introduced to this gentleman, all our names being repeated in form by our two masters of the ceremonies, who said that we were Englishmen and 'budyeeree' (good), that we came from the sea coast, and that we were travelling inland." site: http://www.freefictionbooks.org/books/c/14679-a-complete-account-of-the-settlement-at-port-jacks?start=56 Anyways, just a thought :) Reasearching some Aussie history, I found a piece about an encounter between Aboriginals and Englishmen in the very late 1700s. The Englishmen had an Aboriginal that was helping them trek through the bush. One night they encountered another tribe of Aboriginies…

“By the light of the moon, we were introduced to this gentleman, all our names being repeated in form by our two masters of the ceremonies, who said that we were Englishmen and ‘budyeeree’ (good), that we came from the sea coast, and that we were travelling inland.”

site: http://www.freefictionbooks.org/books/c/14679-a-complete-account-of-the-settlement-at-port-jacks?start=56

Anyways, just a thought :)

]]> By: JD http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-20369 JD Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:35:35 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=121#comment-20369 I was doing a rhetorical analysis on Advertising in my college English class. An alternative and as yet non scholarly thought was that a buddy might have come from someone you drink a bud with? I don't know how early people referred to Budweiser as a bud in the local pubs. The company was selling beer from 1875 and won exclusive trademark rights to the name in North America in 1895. The term buddy seems to have grown in the US in the years following prohibition. Coincidence or collision? Going to the pub to meet some bud's has a wonderful double meaning if so. Just thinking some English chap visits a bar, uses the term butty, Americans hear buddy... and guess at meaning of a fellow you drink a bud with in short a friend. they pick up term and it spreads. Unfortunately almost impossible to prove. I was doing a rhetorical analysis on Advertising in my college English class. An alternative and as yet non scholarly thought was that a buddy might have come from someone you drink a bud with? I don’t know how early people referred to Budweiser as a bud in the local pubs. The company was selling beer from 1875 and won exclusive trademark rights to the name in North America in 1895. The term buddy seems to have grown in the US in the years following prohibition. Coincidence or collision? Going to the pub to meet some bud’s has a wonderful double meaning if so. Just thinking some English chap visits a bar, uses the term butty, Americans hear buddy… and guess at meaning of a fellow you drink a bud with in short a friend. they pick up term and it spreads. Unfortunately almost impossible to prove.

]]> By: Man http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-17052 Man Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:25:41 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=121#comment-17052 Buddy is said to have come from slave creoles, where buddy was a corruption of brother. Source: The adventure of English. Buddy is said to have come from slave creoles, where buddy was a corruption of brother. Source: The adventure of English.

]]> By: Eastern Promise http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Eastern Promise Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:50:34 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=121#comment-95 Where I grew up in Devon, south-west England, calling someone "my buddy" or "my biddy" is part of the local dialect, viz. "Ello there my biddy, what can I do for thee?" I assume this is a remnant of your "19th century English dialect term" - still in use today. The south-west of England has a very conservative dialect (sadly dying out now) and of course has been very active in seafaring (and, whisper it, piracy) for centuries. Where I grew up in Devon, south-west England, calling someone “my buddy” or “my biddy” is part of the local dialect, viz. “Ello there my biddy, what can I do for thee?” I assume this is a remnant of your “19th century English dialect term” – still in use today. The south-west of England has a very conservative dialect (sadly dying out now) and of course has been very active in seafaring (and, whisper it, piracy) for centuries.

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