Do you ever call somebody by their Last name?

[Cirrus. 1,088]

There's a guy I work with in his 70's who's name is Richard Nixon. I usually just call him Nixon along with a couple other people. He's fine with it.

[Fantasma Phantasm 673]

I did it to my brother sometimes!

[Zenit 190]

There's a guy I work with in his 70's who's name is Richard Nixon. I usually just call him Nixon along with a couple other people. He's fine with it.

nixon sounds like the best surname you can be born with

Edited June 22, 2014 by Jake_

[Clockwork Chaos 219]

yeah, for me it's if there are 2 friends of the same name in a group, the one we met later gets referred to as their last name to avoid confusion, so i have an old friend called James, but then i met James Dransfield, so we started referring to him as Dransfield.

 

any conversation between the three of us is hilarious though, i know James, and Dransfield, but James refers to Dransfield as James and to me as Joe, But Dransfield knew a Joe so he calls me by my middle name, Alex, and refers to James as Duggie.

 

no one can follow a conversation between us XD

[kelseymarie805 300]

No not really, and people don't usually call me by my last name, I wouldn't want them to that much anyways.

[boiteporte 591]

I always either call people by their first name or just Sir, or Madam, in case it has to be very formal.

However, when I talk to someone about person X, then I will refer to person X by his/her last name.

 

This is to prevent confusion in case several people have the same first name. It also helps if I don't sound to familiar.

[catnet 9,353]

I prefer calling someone by their first name; being formal like that isn't my style at all.  -_- Generally, though, I try to refer to people without mention of their name... and it's not like I speak that much in the first place...

[Starlighty 790]

Nope, but i do like calling people by their full names... Much more fun especially if they have two middle names.

[Starlight Fan 538]

I'd prefer Starlight over Glimmer. Glimmer is too sparkly.

 

Seriously though nobody can even pronounce my last name properly so they generally avoid saying it. Because people rarely call me by my last name, I don't call other people by theirs either. Logic for the win!~

Edited March 10, 2015 by Starlight Glimmer

[Dingo_Dash 1,401]

In Italy, classmates call themselves by surname. If last name is too complicate or sounds ridicoulous, they call you by name, or troll\bully you, depending how much "funny" your surname is, (results may vary by kind of classmates/age you have). Too sad. -_-

Edited March 10, 2015 by Dingo_Dash

[ConcorDisparate 385]

I don't, but people do call me by my Last Name. I don't really care though.

[DubWolf 16,606]

Not often, unless I like their last name, like "Cornelius!" .

[Roketsune 388]

I don't remember the last time I have referred to anyone by their last name, and the only people who refer to me by mine are receptionists or clerks at businesses who see my full name in their system. Honestly I don't understand why people feel compelled to call unfamiliar people by their last names. It seems rather dehumanizing in a way.

[SparklingSwirls 21,261]

Nope, I never call people by their last names.

[BayoUni2847 528]

There were a few people in my high school class that everyone called by their last name.

 

Oddly enough there was only one guy that had a nickname in my class that everyone identified him with. It was Weasel.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

Nope, I don't call anyone by their last name.

[Pastel 7,627]

No never, it's too formal.

Everyone calls each other with their first name anyway.

[Blackened 512]

Nope. Although there is this one friend I have who is usually referred to by either her first or last name. I've seen people do both.

[Gearbox10mm 794]

Yeah, in high school I had a friend with the same first name as me so I called him by his last name.

 

Things could get confusing otherwise because in one class I took in 9th grade there were 4 of us with the same first name!

Edited March 10, 2015 by Gearbox10mm

[Ricebug 555]

Yes I do, currently about 3 in high school, only because their last names sound better than their first. Besides that no, I call everyone else by their first names.

[SteffieMusings 295]

I do call a couple of colleagues at my work by their surnames as they asked to be called by it.

[VitalSpark 1,830]

 

 

Things could get confusing otherwise because in one class I took in 9th grade there were 4 of us with the same first name!

 

When I was in high school there were two girls who had the same first name and last name! (And yes, they were in the same class for at least one subject).

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,221]

Usually I don't but sometimes I have.

[SunflowerPrincess 345]

Depends. I call most of my male classmates by their last name, but just because everyone else does. I sometimes call some of my female classmates by last name too, but usually just when I talk about them.

Also, there's this girl in my class that has my same last name (no relation). She's called by last name, and I'm just not called.

[Hashi 323]

In my old school I was always called by my last name, which got shortened to "pudge" by a good friend of mine (despite being 6"1 and thin xD)

In this new college of mine I don't get called by my last name, despite there being 3 of us in the same computing class. Its hilarious

Talking of that, we recently collaborated for a group project, and our team name was "The Three Toms"... because there were 3 toms in that class too xD

 

Yeah, in high school I had a friend with the same first name as me so I called him by his last name.

 

Things could get confusing otherwise because in one class I took in 9th grade there were 4 of us with the same first name!

 

Your profile picture is absolutely perfect for that last sentence xD

Edited March 11, 2015 by bonamb