1, familiar relatives and friends usually call them by their Christian names directly, but sometimes Americans usually call their relatives or friends by nicknames instead of first names, and sometimes nicknames are abbreviations of longer names.
For example, a girl named Elizabeth may be called Lisa, Beth or Betsy.
2, in more formal occasions, showing respect can be called+surname. Or title+full name, or just call your full name. Common forms are: sir, miss, lady, madam, etc.
3. When addressing verbally, people usually call their surnames directly, that is, they are unfamiliar and unaccustomed to addressing surnames in serious and formal occasions. British and American women take their father's surname before marriage and their husband's surname after marriage, such as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Hillary rodham before marriage.
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In the average American family, children call their parents Dad, Mom, Dad, Mom, Dad, Mom and so on. Brothers and sisters are called by their first names. Sometimes I hear my brother and sister call me sister. Mom and dad's parents are collectively called grandparents.
When you really need to explain, you can say paternal/maternal? Grandparents or grandparents? Open? Mine? Mom's? Side/side? Mine? Father's? In addition, grandma is often called Nana, which is very close to the Chinese word for "grandma" and is said to come from the words "wet nurse" and "nanny".
After marriage, some families encourage couples to call each other's parents, while some parents prefer to let their son-in-law and daughter-in-law call each other by their first names. It is said that this is related to the "class" of the family: the average blue-collar family seems willing to let the son-in-law and daughter-in-law call their parents; White-collar families prefer to keep a certain distance.
For the children of parents, brothers and sisters, they are all called cousins, which is the first? Cousin. Second? Cousins refer to distant cousins (that is, children of parents' cousins) and belong to the same great-grandparents blood relationship. No matter how complicated the relationship is, in American English, you can only say "this?" Is it? Mine? Second? Cousin. "
For parents' brothers and sisters, they are called uncles and aunts. Usually with a name at the back, such as uncle? Aunt Jim or Betty, wait. Therefore, in the United States, don't expect the children of colleagues and friends to call you "uncle and aunt" often.
People's Network-Appellations between American Family Members (Gossip American English)