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Handle on name!
pwillie
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Watching a rerun of the "Rifleman"....and Mark says:...Good night Micah!..Not Sheriff or Marshall Micah,and nothing about Mr. Micah!...My Dad would have belted me across the lips for not putting a handle on an older mans name....but,todays world doesn't teach respect for anyone...
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I know what you mean, though.
Dan
Every day folk during the 1850's and so, which "The Rifleman" show was about didn't use many formalities.
My kids were raised to call adults that did not know to speak to them with Sir or Maam or Mr. or Mrs.(last name) and the adults my kids knew well with Mr. and Miss. in front of their first name. Like... Mr Bob or Miss Linda.
To this day my grown kids still call those adults that they grew up with the same way, with a Mr. or Miss. in front of their name.
Same here. I'm almost 60 years old and still use Mr. and sir.
But in that TV show, a 15 year old {closer to a "man" than today"s 15's}, calling a well known friend of the family by just his first name would be common.
Neighbor kids (teenagers) call me by mt first name; but, they always add a Mr. to it.
rule, even to their parents, once the kids were adults. That is
respect.
..Even in BestBuy or a fast food place, I'll call a 20 year old
Sir or Ma'am. I get some odd looks, but maybe, just maybe, one of
them will learn some manners, though I doubt it...[:(]
I call everyone Sir or Ma'am, from 2 years old to 90 years old. It's just something I do. NEVER had a bad reaction from anyone. PLUS - The kiddos really get a kick out of it. Just common courtesy.....
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Mom will always be Mom and dad will always be Dad...unless we are in a joking mood, which means he is "Old Man." [:D]
I always say thanks when served at a restaurant or drive-threw window. That being said, I was never taught the "Sir & Ma'am" thing. More Mr. & Mrs. I guess.
Jon
Then my mother got a teaching job in southern Arkansas. I had to learn not to say "yeah" but "yes" and to add "sir" or "ma'am" as appropriate. We had to say "Mr." or "Mrs." plus the last name for most people. For friends of the family it was "Mr." or "Mrs." plus the first name: "Mrs. Bonnie" or "Mr. D. W."
Our maid was an adult, so I said "yes ma'm" and "no ma'm" to her too. Mom knew the rules didn't require me to, but she didn't correct me. She figured black people deserve respect just like white folks.
We raised our own kids in the same area where Sig22_Ruger77 lives. They followed the same rule he mentions and that I grew up with. Kids meant no disrespect, and adults took no offense.