Sir Ian McKellen on calling everyone "love"

[relet@flipping.rocks]

@madcollector @jmessager

Ou bien 'habibi', c'est aussi universel.

[dimitrifayolle@piaille.fr]

@RainbowFrog @beaufils @R1Rail @madcollector @jmessager dans mon sud natal on reçoit régulièrement du "chéri.e" notamment dans les commerces

[ilusenn@corneill.es]

@JoAnn @jmessager @madcollector En breton « mignon » signifie « ami », son féminin est « mignonez »

[rainbowfrog@mastodon.top]

@DimitriFayolle @beaufils @R1Rail @madcollector @jmessager

je me souviens d'un film qui se passait à la Nouvelle Orléans, et où (en VO) tout le monde donnait du "cher.e" à tout le monde

[jmessager@framapiaf.org]

@JoAnn @madcollector

Un Morlaisien, c'est pas très loin

[madcollector@retro.pizza]

@RainbowFrog Gambit, des X-Men, est Cajun et donne du "Chère" à tout va

[prettyhuman@piipitin.fi]

@madcollector Freddie Mercury also referred to everyone, friend or stranger, as "darling".

[evalie@bildung.social]

@HeyLaiverd @MBrandtner @madcollector

Oh! I love it, it is so heartwarming.

Maybe "Liebes" or "mein Herz" - but these are very personal and intimate cosenames.
Maybe we should transfer "luv" to germany. Why not? There are a lot of loanwords (like f-word) - using a nice one is something new.

My pupils use "Bro" - dosen't matter if it is a girl or boy to them.

[marabilles@piaille.fr]

@beaufils @R1Rail @madcollector @jmessager
Surtout que c'est non genré
(pas sûre d'apprécier de me faire appeler "chéri'e" par tout le monde...)

[wonka@chaos.social]

All those alternatives he enumerated in the end are male though, while "love" just applies to everyone. That makes those alternatives really not alternatives at all.

@madcollector

[wonka@chaos.social]

As The Beatles sang: "Love Is All You Need".

@HeyLaiverd @madcollector

[apenkop@mstdn.social]

@madcollector I love this. Genuinely. It's simple genius.

[brome@social.marud.fr]

@R1Rail @RainbowFrog @beaufils @madcollector @jmessager Dans le jeu Overwatch, le personnage de Tracer a une citation, "Cheers, love!" qui a été traduite par "Hello mon chou !"

[rudiev@dmv.community]

@madcollector This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing! He's so right, it really does get past all the stupid things about other people we get hung up on as a society.

[bit101@mstdn.social]

@madcollector This is wonderful. I don't know if I could bring myself to do it in the US though.

[simonzerafa@infosec.exchange]

@madcollector

We so that here in Pembrokeshire. Not necessarily for the same reasons though

[matildalove@wetdry.world]

@madcollector yknow i think they're onto something

[greenpete@sunny.garden]

@madcollector That is so beautiful, and moving! ️ #love

[wokerati@mastodon.social]

@madcollector I’ve lived in Manchester and Sheffield and “love” and “duck” are more common east of the pennines. Whereas “pal” and “mate” are more common in the west.

[ltning@pleroma.anduin.net]

@madcollector Taxi drivers in London can spew misogynist and racist shit at you while calling you "luv" every few second. Especially if you're a woman. "We don't need anybody, luv" (ref. brexit). "Be careful of those black folk, luv" (ref a fucking jazz club). "Maybe stay home then, luv" (ref. whether a given area is considered safe).

Love Ian and I wish what he said were true. Instead it feels like it comes from a place of some privilege.