Welsh do it a lot as well and it’s carried over to when I speak English. It’s similar to northerners calling women pet.
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As a northerner, I've also heard Love, Pet and chuck as friendly terms of endearment
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Older women in the southern U.S call people honey or sweetheart, so it’s not that weird.
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It’s up there with ‘your man’ or ‘your one’ (pronounced ‘yer wan’) as irish spoken English that’s difficult to explain
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Australian here. I do it a lot also & I've had the odd person pull me up on it as they've found it patronising too.
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Don't respond to complaints with "Sorry female", that doesn't go down well either.
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My godmother was an Irish immigrant she called my family and I love all the time.
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English people do it too but not consistently
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You did a good job explaining, love.
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Scouser here, we do it too.
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