wjh Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 If a guy asked you out for a movie/drink, and walked you home, and later immediately followed a email (like we often do usually, just email each other for meeting or a quick exchange of happenings of that day): saying, "hi hi -- man, that was a nice walk.... etcetc...hopefully see you when you come back..... etcetc.... have a nice trip, holiday, etcetc...." Does that mean he still considered me as a dating prospect? Or is he just taking it easy or casual or just part of a normal sentence structure? I'm not familiar with the English colloquialism... so maybe some of you can advice? Thx!
teck21 Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Don't sweat it. It could be that he isn't too familiar with the use of the term 'man' as a form of expression and has no idea that it could potentially be misinterpreted. I have had a lot of dealings with students whose first tongue isn't English and quite a few tend to use colloqualisms at inappropriate times without realizing it. Maybe he's just one of those people who are always casual with their manner of speech and/or always use the that word in almost any situation. Don't look too much into his use of the word. Just ring him up when you're back or something. Good luck!
dyermaker Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 He wasn't calling you "man", like "Hey man, how's it going." He was saying "Man, that was a nice walk"--as in, "My oh my, that was a great time I had with you".
Pocky Posted December 17, 2004 Posted December 17, 2004 Man, that was a nice walk! = Wow, that was a nice walk! It's an expression of bewilderment in response to something positive.
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