But now I'm curious: the tendency in the US of
children addressing
elders by their first name;.
You brought to mind the small child of our friends who
was just learning to talk. He could pronouce DH's
name of Chuck but not mine. He solved it by calling
both of us 'Chuck'. He knew we
Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E Nathan and Mrs Jean E Nathan. Since marriage I've
Tamara wrote:
There was a church down in Texas that had a very big-busted organist.
Her breasts were so huge that they bounced and jiggled while she played
the organ.
Reminded me of many yars ago when I was teaching typing on electric
typewriters. One of the girls was having trouble because
Hi Spiders,
I've enjoyed reading all the different view points, as they've popped up.
I've retained my original surname, it's mine why should I change it?
Marriage and procreation hasn't changed that. My 3 children have their dad's
surname (we are married), and my surname is their middle name
My husband has five sisters and two younger brothers.
Since one brother is only a little older than my sons,
the title of uncle is not always used.
Anyway, being that my older son, when small, saw his
five aunts more often than his other uncle, he was in
the habit of using the title aunt.
This made me smile. Our income tax forms come with preprinted name and
address labels (the tax preparer must fill out the rest -- this is, of
course, predating computerized tax preparation). I have always prepared our
taxes, so many years ago I changed the order of our names, with me listed
I'm finding this name thread interesting. The different traditions that
have been explained is quite interesting.
Years ago, a co-worker called me Victoria. I finally stopped him and asked
him why he called me that. He had assumed my name was Victoria and my
nickname was Vickie. He didn't
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But now I'm curious: the tendency in the US of children addressing
elders by their first name; while I abhor it, I am curious to know if
this is the case in other countries as well. Is this a US phenomenon, or
does it exist
That is much better than the ones who call you 'Honey' or something similar!
Our former dentist had a Southern middle-aged woman for a receptionist who
constantly used Honey or something similar. At home I called her 'Rotten
Magnolia'. I was really glad when she left.
At least when they call
In theory the title Ms refers to any female and is the equivalent of
Mr. In practice, (here in England) nearly all women who choose to use
the title Ms are divorced, or at least separated from their husband and
so it actually says a lot more about the personal circumstances than Mr
does. If
Tamara wrote:
in Polish, Marian is a male name; in English, it's not :)
I think, in English, this depends on the spelling: Marion is male (John
Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907); Marian Montgomery
(the jazz singer) on the other hand was female.
There are some other names
I went to school with sisters named Lesley, Michal and Vivienne (male
equivalents Leslie, Michael and Vivian) deliberately chosen to sound
unisex. Years later their mother was in one of my lace classes!
Brenda
There are some other names which depend, for their gender, on the
spelling -
My pet hate is when someone who is young enough to be my granddaughter
calls me Luv. Ugh!! Told one young thing of about 16 that I
was not her Luv and what's more, I never would be.
Helen.
That is much better than the ones who call you 'Honey' or something similar!
Lorri
To
Alice Howell wrote:
He could pronouce DH's name of Chuck but not mine. He
solved it by calling both of us 'Chuck'. He knew we
always came together
Our nickname for uncle Frank was Franken -- because we
were always talking about Frank 'n Lena
--
Joy Beeson
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/
On Aug 27, 2006, at 18:04, Margery Allcock wrote:
Tamara wrote:
in Polish, Marian is a male name; in English, it's not :)
I think, in English, this depends on the spelling: Marion is male
(John
Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907); Marian
Montgomery
(the jazz singer) on
Another warmed over joke and a definitely un-PC one. But
somewhat-racist comments seem to be coming back into fashion... And,
I'm sorry to admit it but, as a dedicated pun-lover, I find this one
funny.
From: B.R.
Su Song marries Lee Wong. The next year the Wongs have a baby. The
Nurse
Dear Friends,
Tamara wrote:
in Polish, Marian is a male name; in English, it's not :)
I think, in English, this depends on the spelling: Marion is male (John
Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907); Marian Montgomery
(the jazz singer) on the other hand was female.
There are some
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