Who is Mine?

[trailboss]

I often see folks refer to someone as a "friend of mine".
Who is mine?
If it is someone you are referring to as your friend, wouldn't it be appropriate to just say "my friend" or "a friend"?

I don't get it.

[AntlerCollector]

That confuses you?

[BlackHogDown]

Mine: that which belongs to me —used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective "my" ·Your eyes are brown and mine are green.

[Da' Hitman]

Depends if they are a made man, it's friend of ours. If he's not mobbed up, it's a friend of mine. Classic movie quotes paying off!

[stinkbelly]

I thought we already discussed this in a thread of mine.

[175gr7.62]

He is the guy that installs hot water heaters.

[Smart]

I often see folks refer to someone as a "friend of mine".
Who is mine?
If it is someone you are referring to as your friend, wouldn't it be appropriate to just say "my friend" or "a friend"?

I don't get it.

FB says hey!

[Graysonhogs]

[N.DaWoods]

Guys....there is still a month of deer season left. Cant these type of important threads wait until the void between the end of doe and spike season and turkey opener.

[Fishndude]

Myself, I say mine.

[BURTONboy]

Must be a slow season where you hunt.... But really, you are thinking WAY too far into this. What's the difference in saying a friend of mine vs my friend. It's the same thing!

[Burnadell]

Myself, I say mine.

[cattlelackranch]

FB says hey!

http://i.imgur.com/W8gNg.jpg

[westtexducks]

This is like asking Texans why we say yall. Shouldnt it be you all? Good luck with getting it fixed. We talk the way we talk and it is what it is.


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[Anvilheadtexas]

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine....