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Originally Posted by phatzaneŽ
i dont see the problem anyway. isnt "mate" like an american saying "man"?
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except that it's more than that.. "man" sounds like stoner hippy talk.. "mate" means more than that :
?Companionship? and ?friendship? do not convey the same message as ?mateship?. For example, "He's my mate", "We're mates" or "He's my best mate" are common utterances. The unique of ?mateship? can been seen from the unique configuration: equality, solidarity and mutual support. There is no same concept for Australian English ?mateship? in American English and British English. It is, as ?whinging? and ?dobbing?, Australian culture-specific concept. Australians do not accept ?whinging and dobbing? because of ?mateship?. Anti-whinging and anti-dobbing attitude reinforced the cultural value of ?mateship?.