balderdash@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months ago"Get out of my room, Helen!"lemmy.zipimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1388arrow-down127
arrow-up1361arrow-down1image"Get out of my room, Helen!"lemmy.zipbalderdash@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareHiro8811@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·10 months agoI think this mostly aply to Americans. I live in Europe and never heard someone refer to their mother by her first name.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI hardly ever heard it. Like maybe a couple times in my whole life in the US.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·10 months agoHuh? That’s the joke. American kids “never” do that either. Hence the face the friend is making in response to hearing it
minus-squarenodiet@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI live in Europe and have one friend who does that. No idea where it stems from, maybe the parents felt they could keep more of a personal identity if they were referred to by their name at home or something
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat’s not the norm in the US. They only time I’ve seen that was when there was some sort of trama
I think this mostly aply to Americans. I live in Europe and never heard someone refer to their mother by her first name.
I hardly ever heard it. Like maybe a couple times in my whole life in the US.
Huh? That’s the joke. American kids “never” do that either. Hence the face the friend is making in response to hearing it
I live in Europe and have one friend who does that. No idea where it stems from, maybe the parents felt they could keep more of a personal identity if they were referred to by their name at home or something
That’s not the norm in the US. They only time I’ve seen that was when there was some sort of trama