Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a man: “Say, ________, how far is it to the next town?”
| MISTER | 500 |
| SIR | 468 |
| BUDDY | 34 |
| FELLA | 27 |
| FRIEND | 25 |
| NR | 23 |
| MAC | 21 |
| MAN | 10 |
| BUD | 9 |
| PARDNER | 9 |
| BROTHER | 6 |
| JACK | 6 |
| JOE | 6 |
| PAL | 6 |
| YOU | 6 |
| GENTLEMAN | 4 |
| NEIGHBOR | 4 |
| PARDON ME | 4 |
| “PARDON ME, SIR” | 4 |
| THERE | 4 |
| HEY THERE | 3 |
| HEY YOU | 3 |
| “PARDON ME, MISTER” | 3 |
| BO | 2 |
| CAP’N | 2 |
| CAPTAIN | 2 |
| CHARLIE | 2 |
| FELLER | 2 |
| MY FRIEND | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| OLD MAN | 2 |
| UNCLE | 2 |
| YOUNG MAN | 2 |
| BEG YOUR PARDON | 1 |
| BIG MAC | 1 |
| BILL | 1 |
| BUB | 1 |
| BUDDY-O | 1 |
| CAP | 1 |
| CAP’M | 1 |
| CAT | 1 |
| COUSIN | 1 |
| COWBOY | 1 |
| EXCUSE ME | 1 |
| “EXCUSE ME, SIR” | 1 |
| FELLOW | 1 |
| GENT | 1 |
| GUY | 1 |
| HEY | 1 |
| HEY BUDDY | 1 |
| HEY FELLER | 1 |
| HEY GRAMPAW | 1 |
| HEY MAC | 1 |
| HEY MISTER | 1 |
| HEY YOU OLD SLOB | 1 |
| HIRAM | 1 |
| HIYA | 1 |
| HUNKIE | 1 |
| I BEG YOUR PARDON | 1 |
| JOHN | 1 |
| KINGFISH | 1 |
| MATE | 1 |
| MIKE | 1 |
| MY DEAR SIR | 1 |
| NIGGER | 1 |
| NO FORM OF ADDRESS | 1 |
| PARDON ME BUT | 1 |
| PARDON ME SIR | 1 |
| “PARDON ME, CAN YOU TELL ME” | 1 |
| PARTNER | 1 |
| SENIOR | 1 |
| “SIR, COULD YOU TELL ME” | 1 |
| SONNY | 1 |
| STRANGER | 1 |
| USE NO NAME | 1 |
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