| informal poll: do kids call you by your last name? |
by SnappingTurtle |
2006-07-26 09:35:29 |
| When I was a kid it was assumed that I and others my age called adults Mr.|Mrs.|Ms. [last name]. Alternately, aunts and uncles were called Aunt|Uncle [first name]. But even as a kid there were a few exceptions. When my aunt (a baby boomer) met her future husband he had us kids call him "Terry" instead of Mr. [last name]. I thought that was pretty cool. I didn't know it was the future.
Today, no kid... in fact, nobody at all... calls me Mr. [last name]. All the kids at church, the kids on the mission trip, my nieces and nephews, they all call me "Miko". I much prefer it that way.
Do any kids or anybody at all address you by your last name of with any type of title (Mr.|Mrs.|Ms.|Aunt|Uncle)? |
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I've been addressed, while teaching | by MatthewDBA | 2006-07-26 09:38:05 |
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Miss [first name] | by SnappingTurtle | 2006-07-26 09:42:57 |
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Were these kids from the south? That's pretty | by quilting_kitty | 2006-07-26 09:44:32 |
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Yup | by SnappingTurtle | 2006-07-26 09:45:35 |
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I did that as a kid in New Brunswick. | by run.dll | 2006-07-26 09:49:01 |
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Well, my granddaughter calls me "Aba". | by mmell | 2006-07-26 09:38:21 |
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That's cool! How do you pronounce "Aba"? (n/t) | by SnappingTurtle | 2006-07-26 09:41:10 |
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"Ah-buh" | by mmell | 2006-07-26 09:44:18 |
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"Ima" (pronounced "im-muh") is Mother/Grandmother. | by mmell | 2006-07-26 09:45:54 |
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Whoa! Very much like Urdu... | by Allandaros | 2006-07-26 10:38:56 |
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My niece and nephew call me "Aunt Kathlyn". | by quilting_kitty | 2006-07-26 09:39:15 |
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Oh and my brother and sister-in-law make them | by quilting_kitty | 2006-07-26 09:43:22 |
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Yep. | by Illiad | 2006-07-26 09:39:28 |
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Yes, sir, Mr. Frasier. (n/t) | by krikkert | 2006-07-26 10:18:24 |
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Mr Turtle's my father, the name's Crush (n/t) | by vetitice | 2006-07-26 10:50:17 |
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Yes, and I finally accepted it. | by Werehatrack | 2006-07-26 09:44:47 |
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I always addressed that by asking my friends... | by esbita | 2006-07-26 09:48:05 |
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Oh, I think kids just do that. | by Spud31 | 2006-07-26 09:55:27 |
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My niece addresses me as "Tante [firstname]" | by esbita | 2006-07-26 09:44:57 |
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Tante is Dutch, too. | by Esteis | 2006-07-26 10:00:44 |
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"A rose by any other name..." | by esbita | 2006-07-26 10:09:28 |
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*Nobody* calls me by my last name. | by Spud31 | 2006-07-26 09:47:15 |
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31 is not hard to pronounce (n/t) | by imrambi | 2006-07-26 09:48:27 |
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Yeah, that's actually my maiden name. | by Spud31 | 2006-07-26 09:54:05 |
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so it's Spud-gimp then? (n/t) | by Blindman | 2006-07-26 10:39:32 |
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Is your name Joe Btfsplk? (n/t) | by run.dll | 2006-07-26 09:50:09 |
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No, it's 11 letters long. | by Spud31 | 2006-07-26 09:53:30 |
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I think I could pronounce it | by DesertRat66 | 2006-07-26 10:52:32 |
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My last name is 11 letters long. | by kelli217 | 2006-07-26 12:06:24 |
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Would that be a certain company with ties | by ixeian | 2006-07-26 12:18:35 |
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At church, we have taught our kids to refer | by merlin | 2006-07-26 09:49:47 |
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This is why I like Sweden... We gave up all | by Scirocco | 2006-07-26 09:51:47 |
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I *hate* being called "Sir" | by SnappingTurtle | 2006-07-26 10:08:08 |
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My wife is like that about "Ma'am" | by MatthewDBA | 2006-07-26 10:25:14 |
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On a separate note . . . | by mmell | 2006-07-26 09:51:56 |
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"Ma'am" for women, "Dude" for guys (n/t) | by SnappingTurtle | 2006-07-26 10:07:11 |
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"Miss" or "Sir". (n/t) | by krikkert | 2006-07-26 10:20:35 |
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Mr. (First_name) | by boink | 2006-07-26 09:58:27 |
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Absolutely | by Pyxidragon | 2006-07-26 10:00:17 |
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Miss [nick name] | by Lady-Luna | 2006-07-26 10:01:33 |
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Blissenobiarella? Romanadvoratrelundar? | by kelli217 | 2006-07-26 12:03:04 |
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Attn: romandas | by SnappingTurtle | 2006-07-26 12:07:10 |
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Not very | by Lady-Luna | 2006-07-26 13:45:19 |
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It varies depending on situation. | by jayfarm | 2006-07-26 10:07:50 |
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Only if my last name is "Dude" :-) | by kahuana | 2006-07-26 10:09:09 |
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Yes. | by krikkert | 2006-07-26 10:17:06 |
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Yes, depending on the kids parents. | by VivianC | 2006-07-26 10:27:16 |
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I've been called "sir" by young(ish) people | by Concept | 2006-07-26 10:52:15 |
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No... To formal. | by Anonymous Freak | 2006-07-26 11:05:39 |
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Oh, and another thing. | by MatthewDBA | 2006-07-26 11:16:04 |
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Umm. You're male, right? Just getting an accurate | by quilting_kitty | 2006-07-26 12:15:13 |
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That would be a "yes" (n/t) | by MatthewDBA | 2006-07-26 12:20:08 |
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Yes | by Ishta | 2006-07-26 11:26:44 |
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They don't call me Sir. | by BubbleHead | 2006-07-26 12:27:22 |
