Are you a snobby ****

[saffron sam2]

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.

[The Iceman]

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.....

[The Iceman]

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.

[Lar Naparka]

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.

[The Iceman]

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.