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Clara1995
28 giu 2021

  • Giapponese
  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
  • Inglese (Regno Unito)
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Is it okay to call someone Ms/Mr and their first name?

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vz9002
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

Hmm.. My short answer is don't do it if you want to sound like a native english speaker.

I have never heard a native english speaker say that, I think when I've heard it, it is said by a non-native english speaker. I doubt anyone would be offended by it, they might actually laugh a little since it sounds a bit weird and funny for some reason.

monalijethwa1505
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione India

yes you can.

ANFromRome
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Federazione Russa

@vz9002 I'm curious of this question.

If your teacher's name is Victoria.
She is 20 years old.

How about calling her Miss Victoria
??

Or what possible options could be?

edit: What could her students call her?

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vz9002
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

@AnnaFromMoscow In the US we'd use Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss and their last name.

aliyakrushnic
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

if you’re intending to sound formal or serious, i wouldn’t recommend it. it’s not very common to hear. when i do hear it, it just has more of a casual air, a bit hard for me to explain but it could be playful/teasing/lighthearted or something like that. i’ve also heard children do this sometimes. but overall i wouldn’t address a superior this way especially if you know their last name, i would probably get a weird look from someone like a teacher if i did that to them

edwardws
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

I've only heard children do it. @Mirai55

sussybaka06
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

I do it all the time. Why not?

I call my friend’s mother “Ms. First Name”. Hell, I call all of my mother’s friends “Mr./Ms. First Name”.

You wouldn’t sound any less natural. It’s quite normal in my region.

vantruce
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

My sister's friends refer to my mother as "Ms First Name," it's definitely something people do here.
I wouldn't say it's common, especially for adults.
For your boss? I wouldn't recommend it.
Is it okay in general? Probably. Would I want to be called Mr Vince? Not really

hh93
28 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

This might be a regional difference too. It was common for us to call friends’ parents “Miss First Name” in the Southern US. It’s considered rude to call someone by their first name (as a child) and too formal to say Miss/Mr Last Name for a closer family friend. But different parents have different rules for their own children. My parents didn’t make me say Mr/Mrs so I didn’t usually do it, but my friend always had too.

Sometimes you can also call people (of the same age/usually younger age) Mr/Ms first name as a nickname.

Jack_Goodman
29 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

Yeah, I think it’s a regional thing. Growing up, I’d call my friends parents like that, and I wouldn’t see it as too odd to call someone like that, but it’s not something to do in a formal setting.

cozen
30 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Stati Uniti

If you want to be formal, I recommend using Ms./Mrs./Mr./ and their LAST name.

Clara1995
30 giu 2021

  • Paese o regione Giappone
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thank you Sia!
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