Re: Ask EvilSmurf about Australia
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Where did the word mate come from?
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It's was used in England in the 15th-18th centuries to describe a fellow sailor or labourer. Many of those who came over here were murderers and rapists , and well, it just evolved into a term meaning "friend".
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