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Mar 5, 2022 7:21 PM
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lovethenthink
I only ever get called by my last name... So did my father .. it's like an immediate nickname
commentsivehadafew
Now they’re friends with benefits.
AlmightyThor117
ECayce
I love the benefit of being on a first-name basis.
LooseyGooseyBrett
I wish I was friends with Mr Gaiman
ywmqm
Have you tried asking? That seems to work reasonably well.
MagmaCarta
Epic
69thStPepper
It's not about the personal relationship, it's about the setting. Even if you and Neil are tight, you don't know how many agents of his...
69thStPepper
...enemies could be listening in. That's why you use formal reference in a public setting, for Mr. Gaiman's protection, and your own
XstonedraiderX
This is how I imagined school would be like in the future. The world is gonna be ok
Tionervin
Please i need to know the teachers reaction
MTekKnight
I would have laughed my ass off, made sure the kid understood why we normally don't do it, then let him flaunt his new friendship around.
ZOMGNO
Oof, that sounds really reasonable, so i doubt the teacher did that!!
SillySnowFox
I've shaken hands with Neil. He's a really nice guy.
eruditic
BFFs
TheDeathstick
Neil Gaiman must be protected at all costs.
scarloclorne
That author gave you a piece of their soul. By the end of that book you may know them better than some friends.
streetcatz
I met Neil Gaiman briefly at a reading in Kenucky at WKU. I wish i could say he was my friend
notitnoti
Ask him if you can say he's your friend. I bet he'd say yes.
creepwood
And here we are in the nordic countries referring to our teachers by first name only.
MenloPart
When I went back from collage I needed to talk to 2 academic counselors. I didn't realize the second one was a professor.
MenloPart
She didn't like it when I called her by her first name!
jfoobar
In part of the U.S., you have to use "Ma'am/Sir" as well.
BoggledMind
I didn't receive respect from teachers so I didn't respect them back by only saying their first names
BoggledMind
I see I got a downvote, but in my defense being the only open queer in my school in Texas, they hated me
ShaunDreclin
I always found "sir" weird, it was mr. surname for my teachers
mippijRunner
I’d call my math teacher in high school and he’d always laugh and tell me to stop lol it was habit and this one didn’t like it.
Tesseract09
Just convention, or did the "It's more respectful to use their last names" crap not catch on?
creepwood
Everyone is on first name basis. With one exception, royalty. It happend in the 60s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Ha, I never saw the linguistic connection between "Du" and "Thou", fancy.
brandonc5033
Charlie Dickens!!!
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CarlottaVonSprockett
It’s a scholarly practice. It’s pretty standard for writing literary papers, along with things like not using the first person, or talking/1
CarlottaVonSprockett
about events in the book in present tense (as if they’re ongoing). 2/2
quzar
It's something that is standard practice across most forms of formal writing, so it makes perfect sense that a teacher would enforce it.
IAmDrBanner
I mean the way the teacher put it, not the formal use of names in reports. I think you still refer to people formally in formal documents /1
IAmDrBanner
even if you are friends. /2
quzar
It's a good simplified way for a child to distinguish between what would be a formal document and not. If you're writing about friends, you>
quzar
>are likely not writing something formal vs writing about strangers.
Leevalleyoftheshadowofdeath
Man that was a good book, i should reread it sometime
NickoKimeme
Hard concur. I read it and Good Omens almost every year!
crasemana
I read the entire thing in a Chapters store to kill time while my sister was in summer school. The staff was lovely. I was also a child tho
Lampmonster
You should start on Wednesday.
FuckTammy
I am excited and anxious about Netflix’s upcoming Sandman show. ?
RedneckWizard
For anyone who is interested, there is a full cast audiobook version of American Gods that is fantastic
elletee
There is what now? I need this in my life!
RedneckWizard
I listened to it on audible. It's the best version I've heard yet
VayaKahvi
I need to read it, my grandfather managed to read it by accident, it's totally out of his genre preferences but was sitting next to some 1/
ImguritisIsNotCureable
Its really good. Might be available in digital form at your local library if you dont want to go out.
VayaKahvi
James Patterson books in the new arrivals section. Similarly he picked up a zombie novel as it was by an author he knew already.
GreenMnM
Nifty
SomeDetroitGuy
Referring to people by their last name is super weird.
ptothedubs
It’s sort of the norm among the staff at the school where I work. We only really use first names in differentiating people who share a name.
vizeroy42
It's more or less the norm in Germany to use the last names at work - except if you are friends or in a very informal environment.
chastidy
The point is not to refer to them by ONLY their first names
MonteCristo1985
Then companies shouldnt hire 10 managers with the name David cause that shit is confusing.
iamdeathnote
Japan, yo.
idontlikepickingusername
Never played any sports I guess?
Semphir
Using names is weird if the person is present
RexFury
my work name badge only has the first name for security reasons. sometimes strangers will read it & call me by name. creeps me out
ZOMGNO
I hate when strangers do that. I'd rather use a fake name badge. People have told me i am weird for that!?
RexFury
i would if i could
justripit
I go by my last name at work. 2 of us with the same name in the department of 3. No one in the facility with my last name.
Sarshrimp
I would hate if people tried using my last name to address me since like 90% of people say it wrong.
Zappers42
My coworkers generally call me by my last named. It’s all older white dudes though. Plus there’s like 4 Daves who work here
TocinoATX
These are the Daves I know. https://youtu.be/VVzDIE0mr6A
Finduses
The only people I refer to by last name are two professors at my university and only because they share first name
mippijRunner
I like being referred to by my last name, but mainly because people don’t butcher it like they do my first, no other reason
Shellzie2010
Not really, my college roommate had the same name as me so most of our friends call us by our last names. Not weird working in the ER either
AmaIthea
I worked at a place with 30 staff. 5 of them were called Matthew.
Dondarian
I wouldn't go as far as to call it weird for everyone, it may be weird to you though. And that's okay
MyCatsNameIsPotato
I’m a teacher. I don’t know many of the other teachers first names but I know all their last names! It’s weird seeing them outside of school
Thejunkfoodkid
Wait, really? Also a teacher and I know all my coworkers first names. Depends on familiarity and if students are around what I call them
MyCatsNameIsPotato
I teach at an ECC so PreK and kinder. I know my teams first names but not many of the others. We just all refer to each other by last names
mippijRunner
Same!! I know the first names of my team members and that’s about it lol when someone says a first name I have to ask who
MyCatsNameIsPotato
And not knowing what to call them…
fortherecipes
Old military joke, went to college to avoid being called by my last name, but here I am
WeirdStealth
I think it depends on the person and their name, I'm often referred to as my last name by some of my friends.
Rookvlees
I go by my surname, partly to reinforce its pronunciation. First and nicknames are for family and especially close friends.
Rookvlees
I’m from a nickname-using family. My husband is not. All my relatives have nicknames. Absolutely none of his do. Different strokes, I guess.
mippijRunner
That’s interesting. I wonder if it’s cultural. We all have nicknames too. Some that have nothing to do with our actual names lol
CarlottaVonSprockett
You’re super weird!
SomeDetroitGuy
I am, indeed
Snuggelapolous
Tell that to Fox and Dana.
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Not realy.
LurkerOfDarkness
It's very culturally dependent, in Germany, last name. In Nordic countries first name
BigDaddysMeatWagon
One of my best friends goes by his last name because his first name is common and his last name is Tank.
angerion
So his name is Common Tank? That's awesome!
NachoPete
Not to veterans usually.
LTareyouserious
It's hella wierd when someone uses my first name at work.
NachoPete
That's how I know that they don't know me.
serpx
Had a large tabletop gaming club in college. At one point the group had 5 “Johns’”. Last names were kind of required at that point xD
ADDGirl
Our college LARP group had 5 Daves.
ExpectedDickbuttGotDickbutt
I disagree Guy
LoadOfShit
...I would like to agree with Some, for reasons
LetTheWholeWorldBurn
He's not your Guy, friend!
Tsamane
I'm not your friend, buddy
ThrowingSchadenfreude
I'm not your buddy, pal
DoomBuggie
Ok dickbutt w'ell play it your way
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metroid2
Well played
electronicbovine
Expected this comment
bumhand
This gag is so perfect!
MasunAttek
Okay, Expected I never expected this from you. From I don't know what to expect from you expected in the future.
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MasunAttek
That was 51 seconds well spent I'd say.