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When did it become acceptable to address men as "Mr" and then their First name instead of their last name?
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[quote:Conservatarian:MV81MDM5ODM4XzkyMzQyNzA2X0EyRDNCRTU=] [quote:Clarence Worley:MV81MDM5ODM4XzkyMzM3MTM2X0EwNzMzOEI2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 80787713:MV81MDM5ODM4XzkyMzM0OTMzX0NDQkYzMjZG] [quote:Clarence Worley:MV81MDM5ODM4XzMwRDdCMEY2] Everywhere I go now I am addressed formally by my first name instead of my last name. So for example, if my name was James Smith, I would be addressed as "Mr James" instead of "Mr Smith". How & why did this become the norm?!? I don't get it! [/quote] It's been done in the South (USA) for decades, when addressing someone who you know well enough to call by their first name, except it's considered slightly more formal and respectful. [/quote] Interesting. I won't consider these people ignorant then. I guess it was me being ignorant of southern culture. I had no idea. I wish the ladies at that doctors office would have told me it was a "southern thing"...then I would have known & understood. They just looked at me like I was some sort of anger junkie...even tho all I said was that it was an incorrect way of referring to someone. Oh well, live and learn. Anyway, thanks for the explanation. I get it now. [/quote] Anger Junkie... go back to Jersey or wherever the fuck you slithered in from [/quote]
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Everywhere I go now I am addressed formally by my first name instead of my last name. So for example, if my name was James Smith, I would be addressed as "Mr James" instead of "Mr Smith". How & why did this become the norm?!? I don't get it!
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