• @Hiro8811
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    81 year ago

    I think this mostly aply to Americans. I live in Europe and never heard someone refer to their mother by her first name.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      Huh? That’s the joke. American kids “never” do that either. Hence the face the friend is making in response to hearing it

      • @Hiro8811
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        71 year ago

        Well seing Will Smith and the meme saying “white” I thought it’s referring to the fact that black parents are stricter and it’s unbelievable for a black child to hear someone say that…

    • @agent_flounder
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      31 year ago

      I hardly ever heard it. Like maybe a couple times in my whole life in the US.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      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

    • Possibly linux
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      11 year ago

      That’s not the norm in the US. They only time I’ve seen that was when there was some sort of trama