Chat Script - Calling Names - Where You From? -

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rita Winston <catlady at w...> wrote:
> 
> Carole wrote:
> > When I lived in FL most kids called adults by 
> > their title then first name, i.e. Mr. Greg and 
> > Miss Lisa...even if Lisa was married.  However, 
> > in Mass. its Mr. Devane and Mrs. Devane.  People 
> > looked at my kids funny when they started calling 
> > the neighbor Miss Maria.
> 
> The closest I've come to encountering the Mr/Miss Firstname in real 
> life was reading in newspapers about Miss Lillian (Jimmy Carter's 
> mother), but I seem to have assigned it to at least the Malfoy part 
> of the British wizarding world... 
 
The Quaker schools around here, and some other private schools too, 
use the title-with-first-name system for the children to address the 
teachers.  My sister did her student teaching years ago at a Quaker 
school, where she was known as Miss Elaine.  When my daughter went to 
a private kindergarten, her teachers were Miss Yvonne and Miss 
Towanda.  In the public schools, some teachers lately seem to be 
using this system if they feel their surnames are somewhat cumbersome 
for small children to pronounce, thus my son has had teachers that he 
has called Mr. Michael (very long Greek name) and Miss Lisa (slightly 
awkward German name).  Another solution some teachers find for this 
problem is to use the first initial of their last name, such as the 
music teacher at my kids' school who goes by "Mr. C."

--Barb

(Thanks for correcting the name of the New York group, John.)