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Here, almost everyone when introducing themselves don't use their first name, they're "Mrs Smith" "Mr Jones" etc and it gets on my f**king nerves!
What is the point! Why wouldn't you use your first name? To me, if someone does that they are being a snobby f**ker and they're almost requiring you to refer to them as Mrs Smith or Mr Jones (I met a Mrs Topliss last week but that's off topic).
I instantly find it very hard to like them. I would NEVER introduce myself, to anyone, as Mr ____________. 

I've a feeling it's more of an English thing but does anyone here do it and if so, why?!  I want to hear your justification. 

Only to the children I teach. That's because I don't want them finding out other personal stuff about me.

Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 28, 2010, 09:47:27 PM
Only to the children I teach. That's because I don't want them finding out other personal stuff about me.

Well teacher's do that, I think that should be done away with though but it doesn't bother me.

Do you think the children don't know your first name though?

When people call me Mr. _________, I get all weird and automatically assume something's wrong.

It must be an English thing as I don't know anyone who refers to themselves as Mister. Young fellas in Belfast are fond of referring to people as Mister i.e "here mister go into the offie for us".

The teachers in the wife's school refer to the Head as "Mister..." rather than his first name. Strange!

when i take a call from HM Revenue & Customs you ask who is calling its Mr/Mrs etc.

I rang up 1 day, answered hello hmrc leonard speaking, I said yes leonard hows it going, the reply was that its mr leonard lol!!!

I wonder what words of wisdom Mr. Olly will have on this.

i look down my nose at snobs!

Oh definitely, as a matter of fact I think I'll have you all address me as Mr.Tyrones own from here on out
...just out of respect like ;D

Someone once addressed me as ______ _______ Esquire. I found that a bit weird. I wonder if the fact she was a Lady had anything to do with it?

'Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene."'

Homer J  8)

Its a matter of courtesy and good manners, to address someone as they themselves wish to be addressed. Some people , particularly from the older generation are uncomfortable with familiarity.

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Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 28, 2010, 09:47:27 PM
Only to the children I teach. That's because I don't want them finding out other personal stuff about me.

Well teacher's do that, I think that should be done away with though but it doesn't bother me.

Do you think the children don't know your first name though?

More than likely they do, but I wouldn't like them calling out my first name in a class situation. I don't know why.

Quote from: Pangurban on April 29, 2010, 02:26:35 AM
Its a matter of courtesy and good manners, to address someone as they themselves wish to be addressed. Some people , particularly from the older generation are uncomfortable with familiarity.

Indeed PB, I still, after many years of marriage can't bring myself to address the MIL by her first name and I find it extremely odd when my BIL's do.

On another related (sic) note my mother used to have a stock answer of 'there's noone here by that name' when anyone called asking for any of the shortened version's of my name. I was just happy they were using any version of my first name as I got only my surname out and about.

Definitely an English thing, in my experience. I often wonder how that race ever managed to reproduce itself.

On the other hand, everyone has his own comfort level with familiarity and there is an age dimension to it. Many older people are uncomfortable with being addressed by their first names by people in the health service. And I find myself resenting being addressed by my first name by gardai - I think that's a situation that requires fairly strict formality. But then most guards wouldn't recognise manners and decorum if you labelled them in phonetic spelling.

One interesting one - friends of ours are addressed by their first names by their kids. Anyone here do that? I kinda like the idea, I think.

Quote from: Hardy on April 29, 2010, 11:13:46 AM
One interesting one - friends of ours are addressed by their first names by their kids. Anyone here do that? I kinda like the idea, I think.

My mate addresses his father by his first name and always has done. I've always found it a bit strange.

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 28, 2010, 09:39:31 PM
Here, almost everyone when introducing themselves don't use their first name, they're "Mrs Smith" "Mr Jones" etc and it gets on my f**king nerves!
What is the point! Why wouldn't you use your first name? To me, if someone does that they are being a snobby f**ker and they're almost requiring you to refer to them as Mrs Smith or Mr Jones (I met a Mrs Topliss last week but that's off topic).
I instantly find it very hard to like them. I would NEVER introduce myself, to anyone, as Mr ____________. 

I've a feeling it's more of an English thing but does anyone here do it and if so, why?!  I want to hear your justification.

I once met a young wan who went by the name of Ms. Bumsey; I wonder if the pair of them could be related.

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Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 28, 2010, 09:39:31 PM
Here, almost everyone when introducing themselves don't use their first name, they're "Mrs Smith" "Mr Jones" etc and it gets on my f**king nerves!
What is the point! Why wouldn't you use your first name? To me, if someone does that they are being a snobby f**ker and they're almost requiring you to refer to them as Mrs Smith or Mr Jones (I met a Mrs Topliss last week but that's off topic).
I instantly find it very hard to like them. I would NEVER introduce myself, to anyone, as Mr ____________. 

I've a feeling it's more of an English thing but does anyone here do it and if so, why?!  I want to hear your justification.

I once met a young wan who went by the name of Ms. Bumsey; I wonder if the pair of them could be related.

I mis-pronounced the name of one of my clients when I first met her. Mrs. Cockburn....  :-[

Ate you sure you were not one of her "clients" Ziggy?

Quote from: Minder on April 29, 2010, 11:49:50 AM
Ate you sure you were not one of her "clients" Ziggy?

Indeed, and possibly you're confusing her name with possible side effects.

I remember working in London and answering the phone, the woman at the other end told me her name was Ms Bates.....I asked her if her son was Master Bates....nearly got sacked :D

I think that "Mr" is a bit casual, I like to be addressed as "your esteemed eminence".

QuoteOne interesting one - friends of ours are addressed by their first names by their kids. Anyone here do that? I kinda like the idea, I think.

My daughter calls me by my first name when she's giving out about something I've done or not done - so, on the basis of regularity, I think it's safe to say that she does primarily call me by my first name.  My son still calls me Da, but that's unlikely to last.

Quote from: Pangurban on April 29, 2010, 02:26:35 AM
Its a matter of courtesy and good manners, to address someone as they themselves wish to be addressed. Some people , particularly from the older generation are uncomfortable with familiarity.

What about the courtesy and good manners of not putting yourself a level above someone else?

I find it strange, particularly on Hardy's point in the health service, that people want to be called Mr and Mrs due to a concern about familiarity when they're having their bum looked up or something. 

My brother, from no age, always referred to our mother by her first name. I don't know why. Now that grandchildren have come along in our family my parents get "granny and granda" from everyone.

Passedit, I can't believe you refer to your mother in law as Mrs!

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 02:12:14 PM
I find it strange, particularly on Hardy's point in the health service, that people want to be called Mr and Mrs due to a concern about familiarity when they're having their bum looked up or something.

:D :D There's no answer to that!

I worked with a lad in the UK who answered his phone "Carruthers" no hello, or can I help you just his surname nothing else. He was a knob

Quote from: Hedley Lamarr on April 29, 2010, 12:14:06 PM
I remember working in London and answering the phone, the woman at the other end told me her name was Ms Bates.....I asked her if her son was Master Bates....nearly got sacked :D

Oh My God! Are you serious!?

Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

Homer:

Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene."

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 02:12:14 PM
Passedit, I can't believe you refer to your mother in law as Mrs!

True bill pog, same as i don't address my own oul wans by their first name. My young fella refers to me by a shortened version of my first name when he wants to wind me up and usually when he's just out of range. His granny will blindside him for it at some stage i'd say.

Quote from: gerrykeegan on April 29, 2010, 02:39:25 PM
I worked with a lad in the UK who answered his phone "Carruthers" no hello, or can I help you just his surname nothing else. He was a knob

Worked with a few boyos like that in london myself. Public school thing I'd say. Yes they were invariably knobs.

Quote from: gerrykeegan on April 29, 2010, 02:39:25 PM
I worked with a lad in the UK who answered his phone "Carruthers" no hello, or can I help you just his surname nothing else. He was a knob

Carruthers? I thought that was a name made up by PG Wodehouse

This whole thread is beneath me.

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This whole thread is beneath me.

Well at this point of posting, the vast majority is above you.














I'll get my coat  :-\

Strange that I would still refer to the auld pair as Mam and Dad, while the sister calls one by her first name but Dad is still Dad.

I remember when I was younger one of my aunts wanted me to refer to her as Auntie Mary or whatever...  it never took and the auld pair thought it was stupid too and would have stop me saying it anyway

If I called my folks by "the auld man, or the auld doll" my dad would probably hit me a good dig in the gob.

I realise its ridiculous but here I am at 29 still calling 5ft women auntie kate, and auntie mary and so on. Nonsense when you think about it.

Quote from: Puckoon on April 29, 2010, 03:53:30 PM
If I called my folks by "the auld man, or the auld doll" my dad would probably hit me a good dig in the gob.

I realise its ridiculous but here I am at 29 still calling 5ft women auntie kate, and auntie mary and so on. Nonsense when you think about it.

I'm the same Puck. I dont think its that strange though to call anyone Aunt Mary or Aunty Jane or whatever - I don't know - always done in my family. My father still calls his Aunt, Aunt Maura....

Dont think have ever called my old pair ma or da or mum or dad to their faces - its always mummy or daddy if im addressing them - sounds ridiculous - though brothers and sisters are all the same

Quote from: tyrone girl on April 29, 2010, 05:14:45 PM
Dont think have ever called my old pair ma or da or mum or dad to their faces - its always mummy or daddy if im addressing them - sounds ridiculous - though brothers and sisters are all the same

Same with me. Mummy and Daddy. However if I'm referring to them, it's Mum and Dad.

Quote from: The Iceman on April 29, 2010, 02:45:52 PM
Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

It's disrespectful to call someone by their name????

We don't use aunty _______ or uncle _________ in my family either apart from one aunty and she's only called aunty____________ because an uncle is married to someone of the same name.

Someone said mr and mrs is a generation thing, it's not here, nor is it a class thing, every bollocks introduces themselves as mr ___________ and mrs ____________.  Thing that gets me though is that most of them would call me by my first name...


and passedit, shes's you're mother in law, the grandmother to your children, part of your family (whether you like it or not) and you're calling her mrs?  ???

This'll get my vote for thread of the year when the time comes.

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Dont think have ever called my old pair ma or da or mum or dad to their faces - its always mummy or daddy if im addressing them - sounds ridiculous - though brothers and sisters are all the same

Same with me. Mummy and Daddy. However if I'm referring to them, it's Mum and Dad.

Mummy and Daddy  :D I find it hilarious that someone over the age of 5 would say Mummy  :D

I call my parents Ma and Da when talking to them and about them

i would never call my parents by their names... always mammy and daddy, ocassionally ould boy and ould doll but thats when i am messing with them, Mother and father when they are annoying me.

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Dont think have ever called my old pair ma or da or mum or dad to their faces - its always mummy or daddy if im addressing them - sounds ridiculous - though brothers and sisters are all the same

Same with me. Mummy and Daddy. However if I'm referring to them, it's Mum and Dad.

Mummy and Daddy  :D I find it hilarious that someone over the age of 5 would say Mummy  :D

I call my parents Ma and Da when talking to them and about them

Same as that. Ma and da everytime.

Girls seem to go with the mummy and daddy craic. The wife still calls her parents mummy and daddy.

I use ma and da. Or in lurgan it's mai and dai

I hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

I also hate "mum"

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 07:27:57 PM
I hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

I suppose it is mammy I say, now I some to think of it. Well it sounds like mammy, even though in cards I write mummy.

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 07:27:57 PM
I hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

I also hate "mum"

mammy makes you sounds like the "I shot JR" guy out of father ted

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Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 07:27:57 PM
I hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

I also hate "mum"

mammy makes you sounds like the "I shot JR" guy out of father ted

"Mummy" or "mum" makes you sound like you're trying to be posh and failing miserably

It is Ma and Da

QuoteI hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

now now Pints, there are those of planter stock among us, you can't be insisting on Irish expressions.

I think we would all agree that it is definitely "Your ma"

i'd never use mummy reminds me of the wee nerd fella in the beano comics, the one denis the menice use to pick on, can't remember his name!

Quote from: leenie on April 29, 2010, 07:43:09 PM
i'd never use mummy reminds me of the wee nerd fella in the beano comics, the one denis the menice use to pick on, can't remember his name!

Steve Davis?

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i'd never use mummy reminds me of the wee nerd fella in the beano comics, the one denis the menice use to pick on, can't remember his name!

Steve Davis?

Walter.

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Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

It's disrespectful to call someone by their name????

I feel like calling my Da by his real name would take something away from him and would be disrespectful.  Like I was denying that he was my parent.

I always found it strange when other people called their parents by their first names, especially young children.  IMO its just not right.

I was talking today about my preference to be called by my first name in school. I had 0% support, even though no one had a sound argument as to why not.

Surely being called Mr O'Neill doesn't mean I'll have more respect than being called Shane.

Also felt bad about my wife giving up her surname but I understand the logistics of it.

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 07:27:57 PM
I hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

I also hate "mum"

Mummy is an ancient Egyptian pharoah. Mam or ma or mammy when you are younger. This mum or mummy thing or changing from the more natural mammy versions to mummy half way through to be more posh. Ridiculous.

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Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

It's disrespectful to call someone by their name????

I feel like calling my Da by his real name would take something away from him and would be disrespectful.  Like I was denying that he was my parent.

I always found it strange when other people called their parents by their first names, especially young children.  IMO its just not right.

Does your da always call you 'son'? If not, is he denying that you are his son?

My dad always calls me son.

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Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

It's disrespectful to call someone by their name????

I feel like calling my Da by his real name would take something away from him and would be disrespectful.  Like I was denying that he was my parent.

I always found it strange when other people called their parents by their first names, especially young children.  IMO its just not right.

I agree. It's weird calling parents by their first name.

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Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 07:27:57 PM
I hate "mummy" - "mammy" is much better.

I also hate "mum"

Mummy is an ancient Egyptian pharoah. Mam or ma or mammy when you are younger. This mum or mummy thing or changing from the more natural mammy versions to mummy half way through to be more posh. Ridiculous.

Always been mummy to me. Never mammy, mam or mum.

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Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

It's disrespectful to call someone by their name????

I feel like calling my Da by his real name would take something away from him and would be disrespectful.  Like I was denying that he was my parent.

I always found it strange when other people called their parents by their first names, especially young
children.  IMO its just not right.

I agree. It's weird calling parents by their first name.

Agree with that, also calling your mother Mummy is a bit Gay IMHO

Time for another poll?!

Quote from: hardstation on April 29, 2010, 11:02:00 PM
The Belfast version of Mummy is Moy. As in, "Here, Moy".

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Never felt comfortable being called Mr. but I think its a generation thing.

When anyone calls me Mr. XXXX I think my Da is standing behind me or something.

Wouldn't be a big fan of calling parents by their first names - IMO its disrespectful but each to their own.

It's disrespectful to call someone by their name????

I feel like calling my Da by his real name would take something away from him and would be disrespectful.  Like I was denying that he was my parent.

I always found it strange when other people called their parents by their first names, especially young children.  IMO its just not right.

Does your da always call you 'son'? If not, is he denying that you are his son?

My dad always calls me son.

That's weird.

Whys that?

My da has never called me anything; son, Shane, lad.....just 'well'

Sometimes my Daddy goes through all my brothers' names, before he gets to mine. Come here E***, er B***, I mean F*****, eeks N****..... D*****!

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Sometimes my Daddy goes through all my brothers' names, before he gets to mine. Come here E***, er B***, I mean F*****, eeks N****..... D*****!

At a guess, Eoin, Bert, Fergal, Niall, Donall.

Bert stands out. You may be missing a star and it could then be Barry.

Fake letters and inaccurate *s, to protect the identity of my siblings young Station.

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New guesses:
Eric, Bono, Frankie, Nigel, Dickwad.

So Ziggy's brother was Frankie boy from the Rock then? That makes sense considering how much Ziggy hated him,  trying to steal his thunder and all.

Eh? Must have missed this 'joke'?

Over my head too, mind you I'm 3ft tall.....

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New guesses:
Eric, Bono, Frankie, Nigel, Dickwad.

So Ziggy's brother was Frankie boy from the Rock then? That makes sense considering how much Ziggy hated him,  trying to steal his thunder and all.

Eh? Must have missed this 'joke'?

Over my head too, mind you I'm 3ft tall.....

Guess that makes you a yardie  :o

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New guesses:
Eric, Bono, Frankie, Nigel, Dickwad.

So Ziggy's brother was Frankie boy from the Rock then? That makes sense considering how much Ziggy hated him,  trying to steal his thunder and all.

Eh? Must have missed this 'joke'?

Over my head too, mind you I'm 3ft tall.....

Guess that makes you a yardie  :o

Why must you mock me fox?  :'(

You saw the photographic evidence of what happened to the last fox that crossed me :P

I aren't mocking you-I wouldn't do that to you Zigester  :'(  You know what a yardie is? 

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 29, 2010, 06:37:37 PM
and passedit, shes's you're mother in law, the grandmother to your children, part of your family (whether you like it or not) and you're calling her mrs?  ???

In fairness Pog she rarely gets Mrs as I usually follow O'Neill's Da's example, she never gets her first name though the same as neither of my parents would, it just doesn't seem right to me. At this stage she'd be likely to have a seizure if I did use her first name.

Ziggy, I have some sympathy with the name calling thing, my mother did it and I find myself increasingly doing it with my girls usually followed with a whateveryernameis.  Reminds me of the joke about the girl on the estate who had six sons and called them all Wayne. When asked how she differentiated, she said she called them by their surnames.

My dad taught in the main boys' school at home and my mum taught in the girls' secondary school when they were both known by their pupils as Mr D and Mrs D.  They've both retired, and to this day he gets called "Johnny" and she gets called Mrs D.  So if the two of them are out together, a lot of people say "hello Johnny, hello Mrs D".  I find it hilarious - even my brothers in law are at it.  Sometimes I think it's because her first name is a bit strange so people avoid saying it altogether. 

Quote from: Rois on April 30, 2010, 11:20:28 AM
My dad taught in the main boys' school at home and my mum taught in the girls' secondary school when they were both known by their pupils as Mr D and Mrs D.  They've both retired, and to this day he gets called "Johnny" and she gets called Mrs D.  So if the two of them are out together, a lot of people say "hello Johnny, hello Mrs D".  I find it hilarious - even my brothers in law are at it.  Sometimes I think it's because her first name is a bit strange so people avoid saying it altogether.

Martin?

I'm absolutely the snobbiest bastard you'll ever meet/NOT in your lives. I look down my snout upon you all

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New guesses:
Eric, Bono, Frankie, Nigel, Dickwad.

So Ziggy's brother was Frankie boy from the Rock then? That makes sense considering how much Ziggy hated him,  trying to steal his thunder and all.

Eh? Must have missed this 'joke'?

ya don't get it..... you don't remember frankie boy from the rock lol...lol....lol.....lol...lol

I'd say he remembers alright.

The biggest snob on the board is the boy from the Falls who tours round his new home in Jordanstown trying to peer out over the dashboard of his Audi.

Quote from: hardstation on April 29, 2010, 11:30:23 PM
My da's brother always calls him by his proper name even though everyone else (including my granny and granda) have always called him by the 'nickname' of his name.
My da calls the same brother by a nickname he had when he was a kid even though nobody else in the world does.

Strange set up.

Funny you can be so opinionated about Ma and Da and using first names but Granny and Granny are Granny and Granda, not Nancy and Joe.....

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My da's brother always calls him by his proper name even though everyone else (including my granny and granda) have always called him by the 'nickname' of his name.
My da calls the same brother by a nickname he had when he was a kid even though nobody else in the world does.

Strange set up.

Funny you can be so opinionated about Ma and Da and using first names but Granny and Granny are Granny and Granda, not Nancy and Joe.....

Do you call them by their first names or not?

I am only pointing out how the minority think the majority are strange but apply double standards to their own principles......
What?

Had I said Nancy and Joe, would you have known who I was talking about?
See also how I used the words brother and da in the same post and not Mickey and John.

Mickey always calls John by his proper name even though everyone else (including Nancy and Joe) have always called him by the 'nickname' of his name.
John calls Mickey by a nickname he had when he was a kid even though nobody else in the world does.

Gluebag.

Dublin kids, in working class areas anyway, will always refer to their parents as the ma and the da. Other mothers will be called by their first names- even to their faces. All fathers, regardless of what they're like or how they behave, get the mister treatment.
"Howya, Mary and hello, Mr. Browne;" would be fairly common.

I don't call my brother, brother. I call him by his name. 

I think you'll find you are the minority in your opinion HS.  Most people will not call their parents or grandparents by their first names.

I can't completely define "why" in a way that will satisfy you but for me its about levels of respect or just plain old manners.