'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
“But the greatest effect is the psychological one,” Dr. McDonagh went on. climaxing a debate carried on in the British Medical Journal.
“Long legs are admired, and the high heel gives the impression of greater leg length. They give a sensation of slimness.”
Hi, probably dead British man! Bite me.
Also, "climaxing" a debate?
Also, "climaxing" a debate?
Now I'm picturing this British doctor sitting in the bathroom, holding the British Medical Journal in one hand and....
Does anyone think it's weird if little kids call grown-ups by their first names? Bloke says it's Just Not Done in America, and finds it very weird here where no one calls anyone Mr or Mrs anything. The only situation I can think of is in school, but even that's being phased out, I hear.
Does anyone think it's weird if little kids call grown-ups by their first names?
Yes.
Does anyone think it's weird if little kids call grown-ups by their first names?
I feel like the niecephews do it all the time. We don't even get an "Aunt" or "uncle" in front of our names. It doesn't bother me, but I surely wouldn't say it Isn't Done Here. I think it depends on the community and family.
Does anyone think it's weird if little kids call grown-ups by their first names?
meaning? as in nieces or nephews not calling relatives "aunt ___" or "uncle ____"? i don't have a problem with it, but i can see where some people construe it as a respect thing.
as in nieces or nephews not calling relatives "aunt ___" or "uncle ____"?
Oh, that doesn't bother me.
In the south it's more commonly Mr./Miss/Miz firstname, which I find kind of charming, actually.
Totally depends. In many communities, Just Not Done, in others, Done. I grew up calling my teachers, at least, by their first names, but then we moved. And I Didn't anymore.
but i can see where some people construe it as a respect thing.
That's what he says, that it can be seen as disrespectful, but to my mind a title like Mr or Mrs has swet fanny adams to do with respect, and I'd find it a little creepy if someone expected people to call them by their title.
I don't just mean aunts and uncles. Friends' parents, for instance. Over here you'd just call them by their first name, whereas Bloke STILL calls his friends' parents Mr. and Mrs.
I guess this one might just be a weird cultural difference that will only become relevant if Bloke and I ever have kids, which seeems unlikely.