On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Haha, this line took me a bit to understand. Minor communication breakdown. > I'm thinking: "Now why the hell would your mate be pressuring you into > marriage? None of my mates would ever do that." Then I realized, "mate" in > this context truly means mate, not "good friend." haha.
Well, in America, mate generally means "significant other" not friend. I could see where that would be confusing to a Brit though. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
