[Magdalen] Mardi Gras.

[Don Boyd]

You're right, it is cultural, and I am for better or worse a native speaker of the dialect.    Of course he'd be addressed as "Mr (given name)", what ever name was used by familiars.      At the beginning of the thread weren't we told that the name of the pizzeria was "Tony's"?

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> On Feb 28, 2017, at 9:24 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This makes no sense to me but, of course, it's cultural.
> 
> I cannot imagine calling someone by a name that's not theirs.
> His first name is Youssef, not Tony.
> -M
> 
>> On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, Don Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> "Mr Youssef" is formal, polite, used with strangers or when referring to
>> the person in public.  "Mr Tony" indicates friendly plus respectful (e. g.,
>> children may call their parents' friends "Mr" or "Miss" plus first name).
>> Note:  it's always "Miss" not "Miz" which always precedes surname.
>>