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, I’m from Southern Ireland

Yep! My sister is Lynsey. If I didn't say 'our lynsey' then it would be odd. My husbands sister is Abbie, if I didn't say 'your Abbie' when speaking about her to him, it would be odd.

No, never

Northern - Yorkshire /NE (but family has been MC/UMC for generations)

Yes in Greater Manchester - Manchester, Salford, Oldham, Ashton, Bury, Stockport etc `+ our kid ( of younger sibling), our John etc usually of brother.
Also Macc ( Macclesfield ). Maybe long standing locals only though ; 'incomers' from the South didn't adopt it.

Yeah I use it a lot. I only started to after being in uni with lots of northern friends, then I just sort of picked it up. I think it’s lovely.

South and definitely don’t do it

Yes, this was very common in our family growing up in south London. Nowadays, I only fall into it when talking about my sisters - I never use 'our' in front of my dc's names.
When I ask one sister if she has heard from another sister I always say 'have you heard from our Betty'
Weird.

Yes in north Manchester.

ETA works the opposite way too, I call DHs sister ‘your Claire’ for example.

I’m Southern and don’t say it. Both my parents were Northern and didn’t say it but I’m sure the relatives who stayed up north do say it.

No. I was brought up down south and though my northern mum would use the 'our' prefix for her family members, it wasn't something I picked up.

Used to, think it's just a northern thing. Never used 'our kid', I think that was just Manchester.

I think it's lovely, though potentially confusing.

I worked with a guy from the North who referred to his youngest sibling as 'our kid' and told us about 'our kid' starting secondary, and we thought he'd become a Dad at about 14. One of the team asked for an update about 'his child' and thats when we learnt it was his little brother.😊

Northerner and yes it's definitely a thing in my town but my generation (millennials) and younger don't. It's our parents age and up that do use it

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.

Not common, real Lancashire would be 'me mum'

And yes we call everyone in the family 'our'name

Scot in South Yorkshire, no I don't, nor DH or the DC who grew up here. It is used a lot here.

No but I've worked with people who do who live in Bristol.

No. Not in SE London

Lots of people I know do - we in South Yorkshire

South East and no we don’t do it and I’ve never heard anybody locally say it .

Nope (London)

No. South West.

No but I'm from Southampton and I've only ever heard of it used up North.

I was born in SW and the only people I ever heard used it were my best friend and her family who came from Liverpool. They used to call me our Caring Carer too because I spent a lot of time at their house.

I would never say it and it's not because of a or c 😁

Did your Julie never see our Tom? 😜