when i was between the ages of 18-25 i worked with a 50 odd yr old bloke who used to call me "owd lad" every day and more than once a day, i found it quite amusing myself that an "owd" bloke could call me "owd" ,its just a term that he had grown up with and he used it as part of his everyday life, and not in the slightest bit was i offended in anyway, before too long we are going to need a whole new dictionary and learn a whole new vocabulary, its pathetic...
