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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:07 AM Original message |
When I was a kid (1950's-'60's), kids called adults that we knew, such as |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I thought that was a southern thing. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This was in SC. Don't know if kids still do that. nt |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think it's really cute. nt |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It is a southern thing. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. I still do that |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. We called them "Mr. Last Name" and "Mrs. Last Name," unless |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. We did that too! |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. That's what we did in my family too |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's a southern thing I think - We did too in NC |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. If they're long term close friends of the parents, Uncle John or Aunt Jane, |
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karmaqueen (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. still do it here. |
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gbate (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think it might be a southern thing. When I moved to MD from CT that sounded weird to me. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. We called them Mr. Lastname or Mrs. or Ms. Lastame |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. that's how it's done at my daughter's daycare |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. My kids do. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. We called adults "Mr. or Mrs. X" as kids in the 70s, but I really can't stand that practice. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wasn't raised that way, but I'm from California and we have an allergy to formality. |
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zingaro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. We did use formal address. My kids always |
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