Do you use "our" in front of close family names?

[mabelandmaud]

I call my close family members "Our Tom" or "Our Julie" etc. All my family do this. I'm from the north West Midlands - near Stoke on Trent and have a Northern Irish parent. I'm just wondering where this comes from, is it a regional thing, or a class thing, or a colloquial thing?

I've only heard this as a Northern thing.

I’m from Stafford originally (so not far from Stoke), and yes I do this!

My parents always did (South Wales) but only when referring to me.

Yep we do it, South Yorkshire

No. Londoner born and bred.

No. But it is more likely to be a) Northern b) class-based and c) said by the older generation.

DH's family do this sometimes - from NI

No. Scotland.

My nan and grandad used to- originally from Wigan but then moved to S Yorkshire. They’d refer to me as “our palmallama” in conversation for example.

Yes - north midlands

Yes. And I call my youngest sibling "our kid". DH has tried to stamp it out but it is my Mancunian birthright and I will not be oppressed!

I live in the NW and probably hear it in about 1/5 of references to family or friends. I didn't grow up here so don't use it myself.

My DP, from Lancs, goes one step further and uses 'my' as in 'my mum'... but even when speaking with his own sister?!!! Wonder if that is common.

In NI you only really hear this in very working class areas.

Yes but only when talking to my parents about my sister.

It's not normal in London but I say it about my dd, I call her 'my dd's name' or 'my dear cat'

I had this bizarre dream i was gonna marry a man called Michael once and in it I called him My Michael

I think it's a really nice way of referring to family members, our Julie and our Derek etc etc

No. From London, now in SW.

Oh yes we did this when I was growing up in Norh Yorkshire.
I've lived in the West of Scotland for many, many years now but haven't heard it here.

I don't say it but I do say "your" when talking about other people's family members ("how's your Claire?", for example).

Yep, north Manchester here. Always use it.

No, from East Anglia, now southwest.

I call everyone in my family 'our' such and such (I'm from Lancashire), but my DH doesn't (Yorkshire). I call my brother 'our kid' as well.

My ex MIL used to do this, it really grated! She also used to put red wine in the fridge …

I think it's very regional! Lancashire born and bred, always used here!

I don’t but my grandparents do, and my mom is starting to do it too.
(from midlands and v.working class)