Terms of Endearment

Anyone who vaguely knows me, knows I have issues with terms of endearment...

I don't like being called sweetie, angel, honey, baby etc etc... a select few have my blessing - and they have known for me years!

Strangers - me don't like at all...

But eversince I've been in Derby I've been called darling so many times by bus drivers that if I were to get my knickers in a knot everytime I was called this they'd be permanently twisted and very uncomfortable:p

Bus drivers aside... I was chatting to a patient at work a few weeks ago and she called me something I just could not figure out!

It sounded like 'yes doh, I'll do that.'

Since that first occasion I've heard this 'doh' so many times, nurses to each other, to patients but still could not figure out what on earth it is they were saying!

I'm not even sure I'm getting across how it sounded correctly but hey!

Anyway, so Friday at work, sitting in the office and the one girl says to the other 'yes my doh, let's go'

Perfect opportunity to ask what on earth is being said. I asked - and get told....

DUCK!

Honestly...how 'doh' is duck...I seriously DO NOT know...the first time I've heard duck as a term of endearment! And I think it quite odd! Not sure if it's a Derby thing or a East Midlands thing but strange nonetheless.

Although, with females known as 'goose' and 'chick' i really shouldn't be all that surprised..

but DUCK?!?!?!?!