We call all our politicians by their first names. Wouldn't do to let them get ideas above their stations.

eta - And pretty much everyone else too. I can't think of anyone outside of primary school I've referred to as Miss (although all my primary school teachers used Ms) or Mr. or whatever.

Well, the Irish are known for being less formal than the English, no?

Now I'm trying to hear Irish political commentators saying names in my head, and they're fighting with the English commentators, and Willie the Scot from the Simpsons has entered the fray, and now there's Tina Fey as Palin, and I'm too fucking tired for all the people in my head to be arguing foreign ands domestic politics as 5:30 a.m.

Sigh.

::wishes she had a front seat for the show in Erin's head::

Here in the South there's a lot of Mr./Miss with the first name, especially with little kids. Teachers are always by their surnames, however.

I feel weird when I'm called Mrs. Pollak, even after sixteen years.

Oh, the first 2 months I was Ms. G as a teacher freaked me the fuck out. I mean, sure, I'd been addressed as Ms. G before, but not so constantly. I was Erin in my head.

But after a couple of times of blearly answering my cell phone "Yes, this is Miss G---" to hear my friends guffawing at me, it's pretty easy.

And no whoever the hell I am is going to bed. I hope I have serial dreams, cause last night I lived in a fucking mansion with minions and trippy psychedelic trees and roses in my garden. And an art collection. Granted, my bed was in the middle of an exhibit, but I'll take it.

This means, of course, I'll dream of laundering underwear while wearing rabbit poop as earrings or something. Sigh.

Finally caught up, and now I have to rush and can't stay and play. Hugs and love to all.

Most kids call me Miss Laura or Mrs. Holt. My kids refer to all their teachers as Mr. or Ms. Surname, or Coach Surname. My friends kids tend to just call me Laura because their parents do so. My kids call me Mom, or in the case of Brendon sometimes, "That's lame, Mom," or "Moooooommmmm."

Although I'd say Mr Blair or Mr Brown or Mrs Thatcher (well, okay, or Thatcher-Thatcher-Milksnatcher, or That Evil Old Bag), it did strike me as odd too to be saying 'Mr McCain', since one never hears him described thus.

When an honorific is applied to politicians around here, it is their job title that does the trick. So it's not Mr. Obama, it's Senator Obama, as a matter of habit. Also Mayor West, President Hayes is the way to go, even for the fictional ones.

it did strike me as odd too to be saying 'Mr McCain', since one never hears him described thus.

I think we should call him "Maestro". And he can call Palin "My lovely assistant".

When I was tutoring in an elementary school in New Orleans, the kids called me Miss Hillary.

Argh. I'm still at my parents' house. They're getting new siding put on. The workers started this morning, at like 8. Hammering all over the outside of the house. I can't really go anywhere, since I'm currently without a car and my parents are both at work. This is going to drive me crazy very very soon.

he he ... one of my neighbors works nights and sleeps days. One morning she was awakened by a noise outside her window. She staggered out of bed to the window, opened the blinds, and there was a workman. They're repointing the bricks. Needless to say, she was not amused.