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1974, “A Mon Like Thee”, in Best o't' Bunch, performed by The Oldham Tinkers:
Ee I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee. That's as welcome lad, as welcome as can be. Fotch thi cheer up t'table. Stop as long as th'art able. Fer I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee.
2020, “Black Country Mon”performed by Johnny Cole:
I am a Black Country mon. Yow dow know and the Brummies woh understond.
See also
(term of address for a man)mate(British, Australia), dude
2000 November 25, Thomas Conner, “Digimon Top Ten Choice List”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):
Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can...
2003 February 15, sirSTACK, “Digimon #429”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):
When a mon attacks him, he returns the same strike with the world "Reflection" after it, double the original strength.
2011 June 6, Clayton, “PW! - Training Interlude”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):
And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.
(fandomslang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.
2001 May 27, Travis Anton, “Cigarette Smoke”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):
Pokemon, digimon and all other merchandised mons, what good parent will disagree with me that those little invading, mind rotting things should be tolerated... those should be illegal, too...
2001 May 24, Horace Wachope, “Kids Toys”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet):
And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned of it :-)
2003 December 9, tito, “Main difference between anime and U.S. cartoons?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
At any rate Digimon was the best mon/collector series we've seen yet, to the point its popularity was prolly bigger here than its marketing.
In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin meum, meam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became mon, ma etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became meu, mia > meua etc.
The use of mon and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.
The standard masculine plural form is mos, but mons can be found in some dialects.
Descendants
Sicilian: mo (South Easy of Sicily, nearby Ragusa)
From the (now obsolete) present of the modal verb monne(“may, might”), via a false interpretation of sentences like hvor mon han bo? (“where may he live?”) as hvor mon han bor? (“where, I wonder, does he live?”).
Might the air resistance be significant, I wonder?
Nå, mon ikke de snart er færdige.
Well, I wonder if they might be ready?
Er det mon bare et spørgsmål om at opskrive alle tilfælde, og så udstrege alle de umulige?
I wonder if if it is just a matter of enumerating all cases, and then excluding the impossible ones?
Usage notes
The adverb is only used in direct or indirect questions. It is usually located in the second place in the sentence, i.e. where one would expect to find the finite verb (cf. the etymology). The finite, on the other hand, is placed in the second part of the sentence, where one would expect to find an infinitive.
(possessive)my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender)
J’ai perdu mon chapeau.
I lost my hat.
La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.
The decision was taken in my absence.
Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
Usage notes
Mon is used before all singular nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute H, even those that are feminine. However, ma is used with singular feminine nouns beginning with either a consonant or an aspirated H.
bleſſid is þe man þat ſuffriþ temptacioun / foꝛ whanne he ſchal be pꝛeued .· he ſchal reſſeyue þe coꝛoun of lijf · which god bihiȝte to men þat louen hym
A person who endures temptation is blessed, because when they've been tested, they'll receive the crown of life that God promised to the people who love him.
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland