Timeline for Is "a ways to go" grammatically correct?
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| Jun 1, 2023 at 19:11 | comment | added | SeligkeitIstInGott | @Mitch Yes, I can testify that buddy is used with some frequency in the south eastern US. Its usage can range from affectionate ("Hey buddy! How's it going? So good to see you!"; and if speaking to little children "Hey, little buddy") to expressions of anger ("Watch where you're going, buddy!"). It is interchangeable in both circumstances with the shorter form "Bud". Some people even take "Bud" or "Buddy" as an official nickname, like the former president of Georgia Tech, George P Peterson, who went by "Bud" Peterson. | |
| Jun 22, 2022 at 8:16 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://corpus.byu.edu with https://www.english-corpora.org
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| Dec 22, 2011 at 0:25 | comment | added | Mitch | @FumbeFingers: Do Americans really say 'buddy'? None that I know. Sounds like a movie thing to me. That is, as a call-name 'hey, buddy'...sounds not old fashioned, but from old TV shows like 'Leave it to Beaver'. As a noun...well, this all for another question. | |
| Dec 6, 2011 at 12:10 | comment | added | user13141 | We should note, though, that in American English "a ways to go" means something very specific. The hits for "a way to go" aren't really comparable, as the sentences will almost always be addressing something entirely different (e.g., "Is there a way to go to the store without passing any traffic lights?"). | |
| Dec 6, 2011 at 6:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'm British, and it doesn't bother me at all. I know perfectly well it's American, and I imagine most Brits do. But we don't mind talking like Yanks now and then - like some of us sometimes say "buddy" instead of "mate", even though we recognise that such things aren't really our Queen's proper English. | |
| Dec 6, 2011 at 5:46 | history | edited | JohnJamesSmith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added Merriam Webster's
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| Dec 6, 2011 at 5:07 | history | answered | JohnJamesSmith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |