Lads?

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I've been having a lovely week of Pros reading and one thing I noticed was Cowley calling Bodie or Doyle "lad" here and there.
Being generally unobservant, I can't remember if Cowley addresses them in that manner on the show (I mainly "hear" him say 4.5 or Doyle, and 3.7 or Bodie in my mind).
and if that's why *we* call them the lads when referring to Pros, or where the term comes from.

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[squeeful.livejournal.com]

I don't know about addressing them, but he does refer to them as "good lads" (see: Blind Run) at least once. I'm doing a search for other uses now.

[squeeful.livejournal.com]

Aha, here we go. First instance in production order of Cowley calling Bodie and Doyle "lad(s)". He's called a few other people it too.

HUNTER/HUNTED

COWLEY: You were looking at the wrong files, man. You didn't work on their case; you were part of it. Police evidence came primarily from yourself and one other.

DOYLE: Maurice Richards.

COWLEY: Well, find them, lads! Find them!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Wow, you are a fast researcher! :)
Thanks!

So, does it seem he calls them that when he addresses both of them together?

[squeeful.livejournal.com]

My search feature got a workout. And "glad" is a common word in this show...

There are a few others where it's just the one, like in Fall Girl

COWLEY: You wouldn't have a small malt?

DOYLE: I might have.

COWLEY: Good lad.

but that's a description again. As they're usually together, they're often "good lads" for Cowley.

Or not, like Backtrack

Garbett leaves; Bodie and Doyle enter.

COWLEY: Narrow squeak, lads. Have they saved the car?

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Well, he certainly uses the term often enough!
Shows you how good my memory is! :D

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Wow, impressive squeeful research!

I don't think that'd be why we call them "the lads" though, I think that's just a cultural thing - more than one bloke/guy/youngish man together are "lads", as in "lads' night out" or "lads on the town" or... ooh, I can look it up in my "Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English"! *g*

"lads, the. 'The men of a familiar group; in the team, drinking companions, in pub or NAAFI; men without notable rank, as distinct from comissioned officers [or managerial class]; a company of convivial men on equal terms: coll., amount Servicemen, sportsmen, shop-floor, etc.: ex North Country use of "lad" for grown man'"

There's also an entry for "laddio" - "A fellow, a chap, Anglo-Irish."

So "lads" is pretty non-Pros specific, actually - just like "sunshine" actually is... *g*