Reply To: Most Polite White House in History

@RebEliezer
I was brought up in CT, 5th generation American. Those adults with too close a relationship (such as our next door neighbors for the first 15 years of my life) to be called Mr X or Mrs X were addressed and referred to as Uncle X and Aunt X.
No Hungarian in our background, this came from the German (maternal) side of our family.

BTW, I don’t appreciate non-social friends calling me by my first name, I find it very distasteful and lacking respect. Last Tuesday morning I had a Doctor’s appointment. A twenty something female came into the waiting room and called out my first name. I ignored her, After 4 attempts, she went back into the office and told the manager that Mister Y isn’t here. The office manager started laughing and asked: Did you call for Mr, Y? The young female said no. The office manager said, he’s old enough to be your grandfather, how dare you call him by first name, He’s not your friend, he’s a patient.
She came back out and asked for Mr. Y and I responded.
The doctor referred me to a specialist for some tests. I went that afternoon, Filling out the paperwork, it asked for my preferred first name, I wrote down ATTORNEY.