Address terms
*on address terms (almost entirely in English)
Background:
“Hey, whatsyourname!”, on vocatives in English (Chicago Linguistic Society, 1974).
☛ 11/17/10: Data points: address terms 11/17/10:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/11/17/data-points-address-terms-111710/]
pal, sport
☛ 4/12/13: Brief notice: boss 4/12/13:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/12/brief-notice-boss-31213/]
boss in service encounters
☛ 4/12/13: Ducati and Ares:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/12/ducati-and-ares-2/]
boy in a gay sex scene
☛ 4/13/13: boss:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/14/boss/]
evidence on uses of boss
☛ 8/14/14: Tumble Inn, Stan:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/08/14/tumble-inn-stan/]
address term Stan
☛ 11/10/14: Monday quartet:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/11/10/monday-quartet-2/]
#1 Zits on vernacular address terms dude, bro, man
☛ 7/23/15: The unflappable waitress:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/07/23/the-unflappable-waitress/]
hon, honey
☛ 11/13/15: Address terms in service encounters:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/11/13/address-terms-in-service-encounters/]
☛ 11/14/15: Prefix + FN:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/11/14/prefix-fn/]
Mr./Miss + FN
☛ 1/28/16: Lower bangs higher:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/01/28/lower-bangs-higher/]
effendi, dear sir
☛ 4/28/16: Bad bro days
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/28/bad-bro-days/]
uses of address term bro
☛ 7/21/16: guv:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/07/21/guv/]
guv, guv’nor
☛ 8/16/16: Morning name: The Right Honourable The Lord Rees-Mogg:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/08/16/morning-name-the-right-honourable-the-lord-rees-mogg/]
addressing the titled
☛ 8/21/16: “What you done, sunshine, is criminal damage:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/08/21/what-you-done-sunshine-is-criminal-damage/]
sunshine
☛ 4/3/17: Sparky, Jasper, Bunky:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/04/03/sparky-jasper-and-bunky/]
three address terms
☛ 4/7/17: Plus ça change:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/04/07/plus-ca-change/]
Ronald Reagan’s Mommy to Nancy R.; and similar address uses
☛ 5/27/17: Memorial Saturday 4:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/05/27/memorial-saturday-4/]
#2 Zits cartoon
☛ 7/19/17: On offer at Daily Jocks:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/07/19/on-offer-at-daily-jocks/]
bro as address term, esp. in ‘sup, bro?
☛ 7/25/17: From Tex-Mex to naked rugby:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/07/25/from-tex-mex-to-naked-rugby/]
Sp. Pancho and others as address terms
☛ 8/27/17: Terms of endearment:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/08/27/terms-of-endearment/]
vocative endearments
☛ 10/24/17: Mistered and ma’amed:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/10/24/mistered-and-maamed/]
Zits cartoon on vocatives mister and ma’am
☛ 5/14/18: Fenwick the semi-generic:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/05/14/fenwick-the-semi-generic/]
generic personal names (Joe); narrative semi-generic names (place-holding proper names in narratives) — especially as used in address
☛ 5/28/18: Fenwich, come here, I need you:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/05/28/fenwich-come-here-i-need-you/]
address (and other) uses of Fenwich in Zippy; adaptation of expressions as generics; address term pop / Pop
☛ 6/4/18: Bromuniqués:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/06/04/bromuniques/]
uses of bro (in several senses)
☛ 7/3/18: Foswelch in Formstone:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/07/03/foswelch-in-formstone/]
Fenwick, Fenwich, Foswelch
☛ 9/27/18: Briefly noted 9/27/18: a remarkable name:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/09/27/briefly-noted-9-27-18-a-remarkable-name/]
Dr. Zwicky M. Zwicky
☛ 2/10/19: French 2sg pronouns:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/02/10/french-2sg-pronouns/]
choice of T vs. V, choice of address terms
☛ 11/17/19: Shoe-high pie:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/11/17/shoe-high-pie/]
dude and bro
☛ 12/8/19: A syncretic religious holiday:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/12/08/a-syncretic-religious-holiday/]
choice of T vs. V
☛ 4/20/20: The therapist is in French:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/04/20/the-therapist-is-in-french/]
symmetric and asymmetric address
☛ 9/4/20: Last-naming professors:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/09/04/last-naming-professors/]
Ben Yagoda column on address terms in academe
☛ 3/25/21: Zippo, the comic strip:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/03/25/zippo-the-comic-strip/]
brief reference to address terms boyo, kiddo