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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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JoolsToo · 31/10/2004 00:00

Bert?

alexsmum · 31/10/2004 00:05

ds1 alternately calls dh and I by our first names and mummy and daddy.Mostly by our first names and my dad hates it.Always giving him mini lectures on calling us mum and dad.But ds calls his grandad, dad.which could be embarrassing!!! He calls his other grandparents nana and grandad * iyswim.
Our friends he calls by their first names.

Ds2 calls everyone 'aaarrgh'.(he's only 1)

jampot · 31/10/2004 00:09

Benedict?

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Catbert · 31/10/2004 14:21

Adult friends by first name. For anyone of a different generation who might think this insolent, I always ask, but (and only one example springs to mind just now) my retired neighbours, don't mind my 2 year old calling them by their first names.

All grandparents are "grandma [firstname}" and "grandad [firstname]", except one who wanted to be known as "grandma [surname]", but it sounds so stuffy and formal, so we never stick to it!!!

Times have changed - we're not Victorian anymore!!

KateandtheGirls · 31/10/2004 15:24

In the Southern US, kids always address adult friends as Miss first name and Mr first name. It does sound funny to me to hear my babysitter call me Miss Kate, but I do quite like it. It shows respect without being so formal as using last names.

WestCountryLass · 31/10/2004 22:20

Firstnames here, he starts pre-school next week so i'll find out about teachers then.

eidsvold · 01/11/2004 00:17

nursery carers - called by their first name - friends of our generation - first names, older people - MR or Mrs, aunts and uncles - aunty/uncle, grandparents - grandma/grandad

mummytojames · 01/11/2004 01:09

bil and sil 1 alway auntie and uncle well that what we say he just over one and hes already saying ony but we will teach him uncle when he can speak properly other bil first name because he has a nick name chub and i hate it and have made it clear that ds will not be calling him chub around me grandparents nana and grancha freinds depends on there age my age group i will let him call them buy there first names but the older generation will always be mrs or mr
it strange realy wear i grew up everyone new everyone kind of thing and was on first name basis except mrs jones and it was only the lady who lived next door to her knew her first name which was never used in public even my parents called her mrs jones out of respect for her age

marialuisa · 01/11/2004 10:11

She would use first names for our friends and her aunts and uncles (all the ones she knows about are under 18!); school is quite formal Mrs X and Mr Y. TBH calling adults aunty and uncle makes me feel a bit strange. Suppose because it's not something we're used to.

Grandparents-none of the grandparents she's in conatact with are English speakers but with the exception of my mum she insists on using English names, so my dad is grandpa and the great-grans are "Grandma with white hair" and "Grandma with orange hair". step grandparents are all called by first names.

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