brokesurveytaker

@brokesurveytaker (13)

United States • Age 34

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Are the days of Mrs, Mr, surnames now gone?

katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 19 Sep 09

I'm curious as to what changes you see in forms of address these days. As a child I had to address each adult as Mr or Mrs, followed by a surname. Now my sons friends address me by my first name. In Greece our forms of address...

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brokesurveytaker Ah, that is the same formality that we are supposed to use in the United States. To minimize effort of distinguishing my relatives, I generally refer to them by M.R. or Mrs. regardless of how well I know them. The trend over here is for younger children to...

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Are the days of Mrs, Mr, surnames now gone?

katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 19 Sep 09

I'm curious as to what changes you see in forms of address these days. As a child I had to address each adult as Mr or Mrs, followed by a surname. Now my sons friends address me by my first name. In Greece our forms of address...

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brokesurveytaker That is interesting, considering how my Chinese parents taught me the exact same thing. Although I do not quite agree with your opinion of how the changes in the new generation's ways of addressing their elders is a sign of disrespect, it does seem sad that...

19 Sep 09

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