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?

No. And I really don't like it. Some of my husband's family do it but only to specific family members thank goodness.

I don’t and I don’t know anyone from around here who does. I’m in Cumbria.

No. Scotland.

My grandparents (Lancashire) used to use this.

Yes I do this for siblings and nephews /nieces we are from Liverpool xx

No no no no no
I hate it, so common..!

Yes, Northern.

Yes. I get mocked for it though ( moved from original home area).

I don't but my family did/do i.e. my mum, dad, Grandma, Grandad etc. Northern working class family.

It makes me laugh that my mum had no siblings but always referred to my Grandma's best friend's son (are you with me), who my mum grew up with as "Our Tony". He was always Our Tony, not even related! 😂

I think my sister still sometimes refers to me as Our Busy but I've never done it. I think it's because it always seemed like an "older person thing" to me.

No. Southeast and it’s not something we say down here. I love it when I hear it thought.

South Yorkshire here - yes, arrr Tracy, arrr Bob

@nodramaplz B** off Then why comment?

It's very common in Liverpool, but there is a class element too definitely.

I've been known to say "R Muh" in jest with a broader Bristolian accent than I really have when referring to "Our Ma", but I don't normally refer to my DM like that.

No wonder she’s ex MIL

no, and in the south I would be more used to hearing “Dave’s Sarah” or “Susan’s Tom” to differentiate between people.

I grew up thinking my aunt’s first name was “Petersann”

I was going to say the same. Big Mary and Wee Mary 😂

I love nearby five men with the surname O'Neill all same first name all cousins. There's big, wee, ginger, shorty and stomper 😂

Yes... the part of Manchester i live it's quite common. I'd say 'our X' (insert siblings name) in conversation, A LOT of people on my area refer to their siblings as 'our kid' too.
Definitely a northern thing, I've never heard anywhere else!!

South Yorkshire - yes. I never realised that other areas don't say this 😂

Oh you've just reminded me - we had a Pat Wicks prototype receptionist who always referred to her son as "my Trent". Also I've got a friend who always talks about her partner as "my Michael" even in writing (e.g. on Facebook).

Both South London.

You asked people if they do it!
@nodramaplz said they didn’t 😂 I think they are on to something considering your reaction.

You can swear btw.

In reply to your question, no I don’t. I think it’s rough. HTH

For everyone saying they live in Scotland and don't do this- are you not catholic?

I'm Scottish and we do. Catholic working class background.

Dublin / Bristol

Northamptonshire and it was more err Julie, err Bob, generally said by older people

My family in Liverpool say it, they go further though and write 'r Joey' on cards. I'm in central belt Scotland and definitely don't hear it often, but I believe my mum and her sisters used to say it around the 60s 70s. I was born in the 80s and have never been referred to as 'our josie' but I think older cousins were when they were young.

I've always thought it was from back in the day when children were all named after older family members, so many had the same name. There were loads of Johns in my family for example so people would say 'our john' or 'Mary's john' or Annie's john'.