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Originally Posted by amideutch
Carolyn, "dude" is just a figure of speech and not meant to be derogatory. A man extremely fastidious in dress and manner, fellow, guy, from Websters. Ami
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Ted, that may be the Webster's definition but where I grew up and even where I'm living now the word dude is derogatory.
And it had even a different meaning, also derogatory, in Colorado where I spent many years before moving back East.
But if we're going with the Webster definition the best adjectives I can pluck out of the ones given would be fastidious in manner since I have no idea how Robert dressed and fellow and guy just don't appeal to me as applied to him.
I guess personally I'd have preferred to see Robert referred to as Robert Richardson.
To me "dude" is a slang word and just didn't fit the man I knew as Robert Richardson, the very proper Brit who first taught me what bubble and squeak was.
Again, whatever.