I have never heard of "Dude" as a negative connotation!!! Richmond, where do you come from that it is? Tom McGrath III On Oct 5, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > 2 points here: > > 1. [OT] where I come from the word 'Dude' carries fairly negative > connotations (well, maybe that was your intention),