18th August, 2007
Male Assistance Needed
Ok.. so I need a male to explain this to me.
When a guy sends a message to a female, and in that message refers to her as ‘fella’…. is that his way of telling her that he thinks of her as one of the guys/friends?
Posted at 10:49 am |
N. said:
Fella? Who uses fella! I personally think this is a confused word. It alone, cannot be used to make an assumption. It would also depend on how that guy speaks, and in what context was it used. Also, if the guy has any British/American education background.
August 18, 2007 at 11:05 am
MSB said:
N.: welcome back to being the 1st to comment!
my sentiments exactly. who uses fella?! and why would any guy use that word to refer to a girl, EVEN if he wanted her to know that he sees her as a friend? ma yegdar egool ’sister’?
August 18, 2007 at 11:10 am
N. said:
Thanks :p
Well, I don’t think “sister” is a word I would personally use, even for a friend. As in “My sister is my friend, but my friend is not my sister.”
Hmm, he might have wanted to find a word that does not implement friend not someone he has a crush on. “Fella” produces the effect of disattachment to the person, since fella is “person” without defining a relationship criteria, makes sense? Unlike using “friend” which would work much better to resemble a closeness and has a type of relationship factor in its definition.
Am I over-analyzing? I tend to do that sometimes, but I’m only trying to help here :p Allah ehadah laish gayel fella! Hehe.
August 18, 2007 at 11:22 am
princess said:
fella??? umm does he maybe me falla? i dnt know babes
August 18, 2007 at 11:41 am
MSB said:
N.: zain, forget sister.. cant he say ‘friend’.. “how’s my friend?” mathalan.. the funny thing is that we’re over analysing something that probably means nothing and just happens to be the word that popped up at that moment.
but WHO uses fella?!
princess: la la.. fella as in fellow!
August 18, 2007 at 12:17 pm
princess said:
hehehe oh well, fella fella wat can u do? people and their weird words out of no where
August 18, 2007 at 12:42 pm
N. said:
Who used fella? Probably someone who is lost for words? ;p That should make it a little more interesting! (Stir things up.. ahem)
August 18, 2007 at 12:45 pm
MSB said:
princess: no kidding!!
N.: ay lost for words.. i get an image of someone talking to a puppy: “hey little fella.. r u lost? come here little boy…”
August 18, 2007 at 5:17 pm
um naief said:
i think his english is off. no american guy i know ever calls a girl “fella”… never.
i think he meant “guy”… i say that all the time. would you “guys” like to go ……” when talking to girls or guys. it’s slang.
maybe it’s an innocent mistake on his part and he’s wantin’ to do something w/ you.
August 18, 2007 at 6:05 pm
error said:
that tells me another thing that i’d rather not share!!
August 18, 2007 at 6:28 pm
MSB said:
um naief: that’s what i was thinking.. you just dont refer to a female as a fella! e.g. “how’s our ‘Go To’ fella?”… more like “how’s our ‘GO TO’ gal?”
glad i’m not the only one to find the usage of the word odd.. guess we’ll just cross it off as wrong usage of slang!
error: now my curiosity has been peaked! email me! msb073@gmail.com (although, a part of my brain tells me i probably DONT want to know what you’re thinking)
August 18, 2007 at 9:53 pm
H. said:
don’t read too much into it, dude :p
August 18, 2007 at 10:05 pm
MSB said:
H.: hahaha not reading.. just curious.
August 18, 2007 at 10:18 pm
ammaro.com said:
Fella? You seriously need more modern friends. Fella died out sometime in the 1960’s.
If you want to be my friend, i’ll label you with all the latest slang terms from the late 90’s till today, including “Homie”, “G”, “Blood” and “Bra” as well as many others.
August 19, 2007 at 9:41 am
MSB said:
ammaro: hahaha cracked me up!
fo shizzle ma nizzle! you’ve got yourself a deal!
August 19, 2007 at 9:54 am
bint battuta said:
this is interesting, but not sure it helps much!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fella
August 19, 2007 at 12:33 pm
June said:
He sounds like a rather odd fella
August 19, 2007 at 2:00 pm
MSB said:
bint battuta: similar to what i had in mind… normally used by females! hmm, perhaps he was trying to tell us something about HIMSELF!
June: yes yes.. odd i tell you, odd!
August 19, 2007 at 2:22 pm
One in a Million said:
Totally!
August 21, 2007 at 12:06 am
MSB said:
One in a Million: that’s what i thought..
August 21, 2007 at 8:46 am
lebinbah said:
I don’t think “fella” can be used when relating to a female, it is usually directed at a male … while the origin of fella is fellow which might describe both a male and a female !!!!
But anyone whom i would describe in a message as fella would be someone who is just a friend and someone from the gang however for a female i would prefer the usage of the word gurly or chica …
August 22, 2007 at 10:53 am
MSB said:
lebinbah: as i told um naief, guess i’ll just cross it off as wrong usage of slang!
August 22, 2007 at 12:06 pm
ammaro.com said:
should it be
Fella for a guy
and Femella for a girl?
August 23, 2007 at 4:07 pm
MSB said:
ammaro: hmm.. we could come up with our own slang.. how about we start using these 2 words quite a bit and see if it spreads!
August 24, 2007 at 7:19 pm
ammaro.com said:
anythin you say, femella!
August 27, 2007 at 8:20 am
ammaro.com said:
actually, cancel that, it doesn’t sound cool.
August 27, 2007 at 8:20 am
MSB said:
ammaro: yeah… it doesnt really sound.. umm.. kosher! :/
August 27, 2007 at 8:30 am
Vagabond said:
I think it all depends on how you think about this person, if you like him then you may have given him that impression at some point. He may not feel the same way, hence his usage of the term ‘fella’ as a subtle way of letting you know that he may not feel the same way.
Or is he someone who associates with comedy a lot? You know, those friends who think up of bizarre jokes all the time and tend to use words that aren’t used much these days just for the sake of being random and funny?
September 1, 2007 at 11:38 am
MSB said:
Vagabond: (for some reason ur comment was marked as spam! just noticed it now..)
well, i definitely didn’t give him the impression of liking him and that was as clear as day from our conversations. which is the main reason i found the usage of the word strange to begin with. oh well. teaches me to stay quiet! next time, the min i get a word that doesnt make sense, i should question it instead of posting about it!
September 1, 2007 at 5:19 pm