I'd certainly "Beware of a man who calls me bro" if he knows that
I'm a female.

But a lot of times at Mudcat I've been mistaken for a male.
I put it down to an honest mistake caused since few people here seem to be familiar with the female KiSwahili personal name "Azizi". Then too nobody here has ever seen a photo of me-that is until I posted a link to my photo on another thread.

For those who missed it, HERE is another photo of me.

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And just for the record, I agree with the spirit of Jerry's 06 May 05 - 12:09 PM post:

"Bro" is a friendly expression of love and appreciation in the black community. It has nothing to do with remembering mames. My brother-in-laws call me "bro" out of mutual enjoyment of each other. It's no different than me calling brucie "buddy."

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Except I'd call Brucie, and Jerry and other male Catters "brother" as opposed to calling them "buddy"...