Calling people by their last name

Just something I've always found a little weird is when people call others by their last name, for instance if my surname name was Conroy, people would call me Conroy rather then my first name. Now generally I've only seen this happen in movies/books/games etc but I was wondering if this was common practices in other countries, if so who would you be likely to by their last names? i.e family, friends, acquaintances etc.

Just something I've always found a little weird is when people call others by their last name, for instance if my surname name was Conroy, people would call me Conroy rather then my first name. Now generally I've only seen this happen in movies/books/games etc but I was wondering if this was common practices in other countries, if so who would you be likely to by their last names? i.e family, friends, acquaintances etc.

bean-with-bacon

I'd never call someone by their surname alone; it'd have to be Mr. [name] or Mrs/Miss [name]. I think calling someone by their surname alone is a bit rude, especially if it's to someone you scarcely know...

well i was in rotc a couple years and we called eachother by our last names

but regularly people just call me brian or... sexy :oops:

I think it's okay for someone like your boss to call you by your surname, but with the Mr./Ms./Mrs. on it.

But I just hate that people say it a little wrong, and then it becomes "Flower". I really don't want to be called Ms. Flower, use the right name, dammit...

I think it's okay for someone like your boss to call you by your surname, but with the Mr./Ms./Mrs. on it.

But I just hate that people say it a little wrong, and then it becomes "Flower". I really don't want to be called Ms. Flower, use the right name, dammit...

PlaWeird

it sounds so sweet though :oops:

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I think it's okay for someone like your boss to call you by your surname, but with the Mr./Ms./Mrs. on it.

But I just hate that people say it a little wrong, and then it becomes "Flower". I really don't want to be called Ms. Flower, use the right name, dammit...

Jackboot343

it sounds so sweet though :oops:

No, it doesn't! :D Especially when you hear it for a nice twenty years in a row...

People used to do that all the time back when I was in high school. I found it really dumb, because they would always yell when they called someone buy their last name.

I think people realised it made them look like a fool, cuz Ihaven't seen it happen much lateley.

i do that all the time cause there's too many people with the same first name, markop2003

There are 6 Chris's in my maths class, out of 11 guys and 6 girls. And 8 Chris's in the whole year. Bit of a headache to get our attention without using surnames.