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What exactly is dating in the US?
Sorflakne:
A 'date' in the traditional sense is going out for dinner and a movie. Maybe wearing casual formal. Dinner is at a sit-down place.
Me personally though, an ideal date would be just hanging out doing whatever; videogames, fencing, walk around an art museum, Netflix binge, drive the backroads shooting the shit, etc.
The Seldom Killer:
Dating (person unspecified) - Actively looking for a person with whom you wish to get into a relationship. A loose term that acts somewhat as a coverall for things you do as part of looking for someone to get into a relationship with.
Dating (person specified) - A narrower term that covers those physical encounters where you are working on getting to know a prospective relationship partner better to see whether you are mutually compatible.
Dating (activity specified) - A slightly contradictory term to define those acts of meeting people in date-like scenarios for then enjoyment of that encounter with no intention of forming a long-term intimate personal relationship.
A date - a specific arrangement to meet and enter into an activity agreed by two or more people that forms part of dating.
Date Night - a specific arrangement to meet and enter into an activity agreed by two or more people already in an established relationship in order to enjoy each other's company in seclusion, rediscover each other or simply break up the mundanity of daily life as it tries to wear you down into a bitter shadow of your former self.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: That lab tech on 17 May 2015, 01:13 ---I'm afraid I used to ask the wrong people for a date when I just wanted an appointment or a meeting...
--- End quote ---
In a business context, there should be no problem. I find nothing odd with saying "shall we fix a date" or "we have a date arranged" when a meeting is appropriate. My guess is that one would fairly specifically "go on" a social date, and that phrasing is sufficient distinction - but it might not be quite the same in the US, I realise.
"Shall we fix a date?" - business;
"Shall we have a date?" - borderline, more likely in a business context;
"Shall we go on a date", "Do you want to come on a date?" - social.
jwhouk:
Then there is "dating yourself", which is entirely different. For example, stating, "I remember when John Lennon died" means you are of a particular age that you were old enough to understand the significance of the event. Thus, the casual observer could infer your age from the statement - in this case, someone over the age of 40.
The Seldom Killer:
Carbon dating - where anti-robot bigots restrict themselves to dating a gene pool that only has genes.
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