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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] pot-t-mouth.livejournal.com 2013-10-14 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely Southern. I was called Miss Guphy constantly in Louisiana.

[identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com 2013-10-14 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
The instances I'm thinking of are decidedly not southern, that's the thing.

[identity profile] emily-hahn.livejournal.com 2013-10-15 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I've always been told that calling people "Miss/Mr" as far as the South goes is a holdover from Segregation/Jim Crow. Like you'll get that if you're white, but not if you're African American.

[identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com 2013-10-15 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
This is one of my concerns...
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[personal profile] recklesswater 2013-10-15 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
When I think about the number of boys of color I've met named "Sir" (with spelling variations thereof), or both boys and girls with other honorifics/compliments as first names, I think there is a response to this.

[identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com 2013-10-15 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
So they would be Mr. Sir?!
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[personal profile] recklesswater 2013-10-15 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
If you are asking if I've said Mr. Sir, no - I cannot think of a time when I've addressed a student or child I wasn't related to as "Miss/Ms/Mr first name." I was more addressing the issue of racial power structures addressed through parents using honorifics/compliments as first names.