kalysti t1_itisbox wrote
Reply to comment by foxdna in The way people speak in The Count of Monte Cristo. Can someone explain? by foxdna
I do love the book. And it was true in the United States. Even when I was a girl, back in the 60s, I was expected to address adults as sir or ma'am. And I only used their first names if they gave me permission.
TheMadIrishman327 t1_itj02yz wrote
That’s how I was raised in the 70’s and 80’s.
Rabidleopard t1_itjiv0a wrote
My parents tried it in the 90s but all the adults found it weird
IHadToPickOne2 t1_itkds9u wrote
We would only use their first name with a title before it, such as "Miss Alice".
kalysti t1_itkdw21 wrote
Yep, and all of my adult relatives got the appropriate title. Aunt Ann, Uncle Andy. To this day, many of my own niblings call me Aunt kalysti.
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