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I think so
Posted by Baldur on 2008-November-02 06:01:20 EST, Sunday
In reply to Maybe it's the way I was raised... posted by Spike on 2008-November-02 05:40:01 EST, Sunday
However, I later discovered that my father had always called his parents by their given names, and I've seen many other families where this is the case.
Along similar lines, one woman I know was raised by her mother - a Southerner - to always say "yes sir / no sir / yes ma'am / no ma'am" as a sign of respect. Then, when she was a child, the family moved to a city in the Northeast, where she got in trouble at school for saying "Yes ma'am" to a teacher who was convinced that a "ma'am" was the proprietor of a brothel.
So, it seems to depend on one's social circle and one's geographical position.
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