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[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

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

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months 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@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months 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@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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

[-] nodiet@feddit.de 1 points 9 months 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

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

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

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