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Children addressing adults

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Earlybird · 30/10/2004 23:13

How do your children address your friends and/or parents of their friends? For instance: is it Sarah, Miss Sarah or Mrs. Smith?

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Skate · 30/10/2004 23:15

Address nursery teachers as Mrs K....

Address my adult friends by their first names - Rebecca, Natalie...

Twiglett · 30/10/2004 23:15

first name generally

sometimes with Auntie / Uncle in front (especially if they have the same name as kids)

MissHoolie · 30/10/2004 23:25

This is interesting. My friend and I were just discussing this today. When we were kids she lived down the road from me. Now we are both married and live on the same road albeit different from where we grew up, anyway thats another story.

We both have three kids of the same ages and they all call me by my first name but we were jokingly telling them today that they should call us Mrs..... as thats what we called each others parents when we were young.

TBH it would make me feel very old if they did. I still call all my mothers peers Mrs. Does that make sense. Probably not as I have been indulging tonight.

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jampot · 30/10/2004 23:28

my children refer to my friends by their christian name, teachers by their preferred calling, and my sisters and their dh as Aunty/ Uncle.

Ds did go through a phase of wanting to call his grandad "Ken"

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:33

LOL Jampot!

My ds's sometimes refer to dh as Steve. Cos I'll shout up the stairs 'Steeeeeeve' and they copy me!! It sounds really wierd!

KatieMac · 30/10/2004 23:43

Poor Dd gets so confused.... is her dad :
Daddy her
Darling me
Bn me (when cross or affectionate)
B adult friends
Uncle B? C/M children
Heck even I get confused

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:45

Really trying to work out his name now!

KatieMac · 30/10/2004 23:46

Wrong no of stars.....ha fooled you
It's not common and quite recognisable

jampot · 30/10/2004 23:47

Benjamin

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:48

Brendan, Brian, Bernard??

JoolsToo · 30/10/2004 23:49

Brendan?

jampot · 30/10/2004 23:49

Bartholemew

KatieMac · 30/10/2004 23:50

Not even close

jampot · 30/10/2004 23:51

at least give us the correct amount of letters--please

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:52

Barbara??

jampot · 30/10/2004 23:53

Brandon?

KatieMac · 30/10/2004 23:53

Nope

JoolsToo · 30/10/2004 23:54

Barnum?

JoolsToo · 30/10/2004 23:54

Brian?

JoolsToo · 30/10/2004 23:54

Barabus?

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:55

Bartholemew?

KatieMac · 30/10/2004 23:56

The question is would I even tell you if you got it right....I mean he might be famous and have been on telly an' everything

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:57

LOL KatieMac!

Skate · 30/10/2004 23:57

Does that mean I'm right?

KatieMac · 30/10/2004 23:58

Nope