Learn English: What we call the people we love ❤❤❤

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Welcome, darlings, to the lesson. How are you? Do you like my new wardrobe? Today I'm going to teach you about things or names that you can call your partner, your honey-bunch, your significant other. Rainier, Sonja, this one's for you guys. How are ya? So these are words that we use in English to talk about the one that we love or the one that we love for the moment. In English they're called terms of endearment. It has nothing to do with deers. But, they are terms of endearment.

So, probably the most common ones are things like, as I said to you: "darling". Now, sometimes we say: "darling". One word of caution, ladies and gentlemen: These are for people that you know. So, for example, if you're in a restaurant, please do not call the waitress: "babe", or "honey", or "sweetheart". It is degrading. It is not cool. Women don't like it. If you know the person, if it's your baby, your mom, your dad-that's weird-your child, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your other boyfriend, your other girlfriend, your dog, your cat, someone who is close to you - please, use these. But if this is a stranger, do not use these. Women, especially, do not appreciate being called these names. We find it insulting because I am not your sugarpie, darling. Unless you want a smack in the face, I'm not your sugarpie. Okay? So be careful. Say these to people you love and know.

So, one thing that's come up that I didn't know that I found out when I was researching this is back in the... A long time ago in the 2000s or the 1990s, it was popular in rap songs to say: "My boo". And I thought: "That's funny, that's what ghosts say." But it actually is probably just people who can't say friend properly-Americans-it comes from the French: "beau". So in the French language they have the word "beau", which means boyfriend or girlfriend, but I guess Americans just say "boo". Honey Boo Boo, oh god, the horror. So, Honey Boo Boo is a really famous little girl, and her name has two names... Terms of endearment together, Honey Boo Boo, you darling. So, "boo" is the French bastardization of "beau". So, use at will.

We make these names by talking about sweet things. For example: "honey", honey is sweet. Most of these names are older, so that's why we're using kind of older things. So, you can just call someone your honey, but then we can have: "honey-pie", "honey-bun", "honey-bunny", "honey-baby". I think Elvis did this a lot. Then we can be "sweet" something, so: "sweet-pea", "sweet-cheeks". Cheeks are here and they're also your bum. "Sweet-thing", but I think you should be like: "sweet-thang", you should say it like that. Then we have: "sweetie" or "sweetiepie". I don't know why, but a lot of these have to do with pie. I guess back when they were making these words, they liked pie, and that's all they had. "Sweetheart", this is pretty common. You have: "pumpkin" or "pumpkinpie". Again, it's the pie. A pumpkin is a big, orange fruit or a veggie, I guess it's really cute. And: "sugar" or again "sugar-pie".

Again, I can't stress enough that you cannot just say these to people that you don't know, you don't have a relationship with. Be very careful who you say these to because you can use them sarcastically. So, for example, Mel Gibson called a cop or a police officer "sugar-tits". I don't think that the cop really enjoyed that, and Mel Gibson in a movie was arrested. So, "sugar-tits", maybe a term of endearment, but be careful how you use it. You don't want to get arrested, go to jail. We can also use this, for example, if I am speaking to another girl and I'm trying to kind of be sarcastic with her, I can say, like: "Okay, honey." So the way that we use it, the intonation that we say it, especially to a stranger, it has a completely different meaning. So, please, again, be careful. We also have things like: "cutie" or "cutiepie", "angel", "apricot". My chiropractor always calls me "apricot", and I'm like: "I'm not an apricot, sir. I'm a person." And: "doll". Now, this is a very, very old expression. You hear it or see it in movies: "a doll" or "dollface". Again, outdated, we don't use it as much.

More common ones are: "hottie" or "hot stuff". Hot stuff, baby, oh yeah. They use that in a commercial now. Then we have just names that are silly, like: "snookums", or "snooky". I think Snooki was one of the characters in that terrible television show. "Snuggles" and one of my mom's favourites: "pet".

[itsmxria]

in my opinion, you're the best english teacher in youtube. you always know how to make me laugh and learn at the same time. greetings from brazil ♡

[saharkhawatmi]

In Arabic we use honey as well. But the most common terms are my love, my soul, my life. On the other hand, we use a special nickname made from the name of the person, like adding (y) to the end of the name, which gives the meaning of (mine).

[sothebestbz]

Hello, I'm from Brazil and we use to use words like "amor = love", "Coração = heart", "Príncipe ou princesa = Prince or princess ", "Vida = life" ...

[GENETEC]

i really like how you teach it's special !

[sabinalittle]

Hey Ronnie, when I started to learn English (2 years ago) I've learned a lot from your channel. Now I speak fluent. Thank you and keep it up!

[NGFreya]

Since i'm in love with the best man in the world, i call him "my everything", "my half", "my life"... In Russia also used a lot "моё солнышко" - my sun

[tatyanas]

Hello from Ukraine :)
We call our loved ones "serden'ko"="heart", "ptashka"="bird", "sokol"(but it's only for men)="falcon". We have a lot of diminutival suffixes, so basicly you can call your sweetheart with any word adding one of these :)
And thank you for excellent lessons, Ronnie!

[gracieladiaz]

Hola" my favorite teacher", desde Venezuela te saludo. Eres tremenda "locota", justo como yo lo soy. Cada día te quiero, admiro y respeto más. Alegras mi vida y haces mi aprendizaje más fácil y divertido. Con mucho cariño, te felicito y te insto a continuar así. Eres una gran inspiración. Gracias por tus enseñanzas, fuera de lo común, entretenidas y muy educativas. Agradecida.

[sarahab]

I call my loved ones, .. my heart, my eyes, my flower, my LOVE, my life, my soul, honey, sugar, sweet .. ect . "Arabic culture"

[learnurduwithsara]

So freaking amazing. Your liveliness makes the video hundred times better.

[fededeluca-colombo]

In Italy we say: "amore", "amore mio", "cara/o", "tesoro", "piccola", "vita", "vita mia", "anima mia"....;)

[katyabelaya]

I call my baby girl "sunshine" and "kitty cat". Her uncle calls her "cookie" and "little bear/teddy bear"

[mechitxf]

Hello! Thank you very much for this video! It was very educational! In Spanish, in Latin America, we use "mi amor" (my love), "mi vida" (my life). At least, those are the ones I use. In Spain they use a lot "cariño" (sweetie). The pronunciation in Spanish of the consonant "ñ" is similar to the sound "gn" in French or "nh" in Portugues.

[InteractiveEng]

Nice lesson! English has a lot of fun terms for the ones we love. 😍

[contreras]

here in Mexico we don't consider offensive that my wife call me gordo I called her momy and I'm thin.

[kauramandeep]

Hey. Am from 🇮🇳 I love the way u teach us with more fun.. Nd i catch each nd every thing u teach us.... 😊 nd u r a sweet pie😊

[edgarsmall]

You are absolutely fantastic. Your videos as fun as informative. I am an English and Spanish teacher and watching your videos give so many ideas on how to teach and be engaging for my students.

[amiralijangjoo]

Hi Ronnie! When I had dating with my girlfriend In "South Azerbaijan - Tabriz " I called my girl friend as " Balım =my honey", "Janım=my soul", "Gülüm=my flower", "Kızım=my girl", "Jiyarim=my soul", "Ruhum=my spirit", "Ashkım=my love", "Nazım=sweetheart", "Gözelim=my beauty" and Etc because "Azeri language's vocabulary "are very rich and could use many words in different feelings But Unfortunately central Persian Fascist government doesn't let to study 40 millions Turkish people in own language But I am sure that it would't take more times to finish this Racist .Thanks for your Excellent lessons .

[andykarabu]

I love to leard English with @ great teacher like her! every time i wach her videos i learn something new :) Gracias.

[mbacciga]

Ronnie You're the greatest! I ❤ U
from Italy