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Thread #72890 Message #1260904
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
31-Aug-04 - 02:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: old geezer's
Subject: RE: BS: old geezer's
That's what I meant, milko - "bloke" doesn't imply anything about behaviour or what kind of a bloke he is, it's just a less formal equivalent of "man" - there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for "woman" in current use in England anyway.
"Bird" is the closest, but it's not quite the same - women don't tend to use it for a start, unlike "bloke".