[kalee]

I’m on the young end of the baby boom (Generation Jones) but grew up in the South. I never addressed an adult by his/her first name and neither did my children.

[kenth]

Yeah, that's why I qualified it with "hippies". I've met several who still, in their 60s, try to act like kids.

I never addressed an adult by his/her first name and neither did my children.

I never did either. Another one I can't stand is kids calling their parents by their first name.

[nina0113]

...but grew up in the South. I never addressed an adult by his/her first name and neither did my children.

I grew up in the South too (still live there, though the North is encroaching), and women ARE frequently called by their first names, with "Miss" attached, whether they are married or not. My name to the neighborhood kids is "Miss Nina", my nextdoor neighbor is "Miss Pat", etc.