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Brdgt ([personal profile] brdgt) wrote2013-10-14 12:06 pm

Little Miss Annoyed.

OK moms of daughters, in particular, but everyone else too. Is it just me or is calling little girls "Miss [first name]" really weird. Please correct me so I can be less cranky. Or agree with me so I can feel righteous. Whatevs.

[identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com 2013-10-14 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you encourage other people to call her that/do her teachers call her that?

[identity profile] h-loves-c.livejournal.com 2013-10-14 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't expect anyone else to do it - it's a term of affection for me - but a lot of the women in her life call kids "Miss X" or "Mister Y." It feels distinctly Southern to me.

[identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com 2013-10-14 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, so there is a "Mister" equivalent - one of my concerns is that I haven't heard that (maybe it *is* a southern thing?).
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[personal profile] kumquatmay 2013-10-14 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
There's definitely a mister equivalent, least round here. Though I am not in the south, it's a thing. I've seen it most often with a parent or caregiver (not the kid's parent) speaking to them. I see it more of sign of respecting the kid a bit, as Max loves it. But we also encourage him to use mr. or ms. for grow ups, whether its last name or first (pending the grown ups prefence). So my friend joy becomes ms joy to him, and she calls him mr. Max in return.