hey babe hi darling how are you
wait what did I just call you did I just
use some terms of endearment hi everyone
my name is Anna English
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today's lesson we are talking about
terms of endearment
now terms of endearment are ways of
referring to people that you care about
so your boyfriend girlfriend husband or
wife your family or your friends even
terms of endearment can also sometimes
be used with people that you don't know
very well but that you like and you want
to make them feel relaxed and at home
with you so I opened up by saying hello
darling and the word darling is in fact
a word that I use regularly some people
would only use this with people they are
very close to but I use it with a lot of
people hi darling how are you
and in that respect it's quite harmless
however I wouldn't ever say darling in a
strict work situation if I was going in
for a meeting with my boss I wouldn't
greet him with darling how are you today
he would think that was very strange
other terms of endearment that you might
hear are the terms baby or babe now
these two words are actually quite
different baby I would only expect
lovers to use this word with each other
so I would call my boyfriend baby and he
would call me baby but I would not feel
comfortable if my mum called me baby
or if my grandma called me baby or if my
friends called me baby that would be
strange but my friends could call me
babe and
regularly call me babe and that's okay
so anyone can call me babe but only my
lover can call me baby or my husband or
my wife English is very difficult isn't
it you might even hear some couples who
are very much in love referring to each
other as babycakes
hey big kicks I love you so much okay
other terms of endearment include sweety
sweety something sweet like a desert
like a candy hey sweetie or sweetie pie
or sweet cheeks
hey sweet cheeks though no one's ever
called me sweet cheeks and a common one
is sweetheart hey sweetheart how are you
you'll notice that natives tend to drop
that middle tea because it's hard to fit
in so we usually say sweetheart
sweetheart but a tiny tuft on the tee at
the end hey sweetheart
now you'll often hear a lot of people
using the word love love and this is one
of those terms that you can use across
the board you can call someone your
family love you can Hawk call your lover
love you can call your friends love hey
love
howdy Davian I'm sorry to hear that love
that's terrible then we have lovely or
lovely or lover lover now be careful
with this last one of course that word
refers to only one person so you can
only really use that term of endearment
with one person some other terms that
you might hear are handsome hey handsome
that would generally only be used with
men and with a lady or with a man you
might say beautiful
hey beautiful what's going up you might
also hear words like sausage hey sausage
a very funny term of endearment but you
may hear it
usually only used between couples we
have the term angel my grandparents tend
to refer to me as angel and my mum
sometimes as well it's nice and finally
some couples really do have some crazy
names for each other when you're in love
you just come up with these very silly
little names for example I've heard Pooh
hello Pooh oh I miss you Pooh I've heard
snookums Oh Newcomb's I love you so much
and I've heard munchkin munchkin
come here munchkin give me a cuddle now
if you have heard any other crazy terms
of endearment then please do put them in
the comments box below I'd love to hear
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