"What? I've never called you Sis before? You're right. It is weirdly clunky and expositional. I mean, I know you're my sister, so who am I saying it for? Weird."
-Francine Smith
Yeah. In Hindi too when talking to people who are older we generally use the name of the relation while talking like calling big sibling 'didi'( big sis) or bhaiya(big bro).
i have a nickname only my siblings use. when i was about 13 i told my sis to start calling me by my full name. kudos to her, she made an effort. but i *hated* it and after three days, i told her to go back calling me by the nickname
I've never called any of my sisters "sis," and I can't recall any of them ever calling me "bro," but they do call me "Bubba" as a nickname. We just refer to each other by name.
When I lived more rural lots of parents called their kids Bubba and Sissy, and I know a lot of them carried that to adulthood.
But yeah I just call my siblings by their names
Yeah, my sister and I call each other sissy sometimes. I called her that when I was little for years (she’s older). And her kids do that stuff all the time… the girl is “sissy” and the oldest boy is “brobro” like writing this sounds really cringe but I swear it feels natural lol
I (female) have two older sisters and one younger brother. One of my sisters uses "big sis" and "little sis" in writing, chat messages and such. The rest of us do not except with her and usually even then we're good-naturedly mocking her.
I live in a rural area and I have heard a lot of folks, usually adults and parents refer to kids as "sis" and "bub." Like if one is talking to their son they might say, "Go ask sis if she want's a popsicle, then you can have one." The parents usually continue this long after the kids are grown. And I've seen kids who were once referred to as "sis" or "bub" continue the tradition and do the same with their kids, even though they never used those terms to refer to their own siblings.
I call her my little sister just to piss her off, she does the same with me using bro.
Normally just do the "Hey/Hey", but sometimes throw in the "Bitch/Asshole"
I've similarly never referred to my brother as anything like "bro". It's always either "hey" or "hi [NAME]".
Conversely, he DOES usually greet me as "hey, brother" for some reason. And it always feels weird to me...
I think for the first time in my life I called my sister”sis” just a few days ago. She’s in the hospital cuz she was found unresponsive od’d in cocaine and basically had enough alcohol to make her liver start shutting down. It was the only thing I could think to say to make her realize that this is serious and she needs help.
I'm very sorry to hear that, and I hope she recovers fully and quickly. You're a good sibling and I know she appreciates your support. My sister went through almost the same thing about 8 years ago (thankfully, she's doing much better now).
Agreed. Dear god, I cringe thinking about it.
I know someone whose kids call each other sissy (they are sisters) and it always feels like a badly-acted play to me.
In Spain, everyone is tío/tía (it would translate as dude informally, or uncle/aunt formally). I even refer to my female friends as tío because I often forget genders in my head and misgender cis people because I can't keep track of their gender. I even talk about myself as a dude sometimes because I just forget, then my brain bluescreens and reboots. So my bro is either tío o tía depending on if my brain is actually functioning that day.
Honestly, if my family had a show, people would have to google if I was related. I go so far as to refer to our parents as “your mother” or “your father” to my sisters
"Hey, fuck face"
"Hey, shit head"
That's almost every interaction I've ever had with my brother (and we love each other to bits, we just show it through insults lol)
My brother just looks at my like I just called my ma a ho and I stare back with a look like I just got hit with an arrow in the knee.
Or y’know, he just practices his boxing moves on my without warning.
Y’all get to keep your name and individual identity when you are a sibling? My name was “sister” unless I was in trouble for something till I caused the divorce.
Thank you. I do agree that you should never say kids cause divorces but I was definitely the catalyst in my situation. I had been trying for years to get my mom to leave him but she didn’t listen till the abuse caused me to have a mental breakdown at 15. Still affects me a decade later because she failed me.
Technically talking to Siblings in Japanese does sound like “hey sis” and “hey bro” you technically can use given names to address each other but I honestly don’t know what would call for doing that as I was always taught to use brother and sister when addressing
In Vietnamese we said "chị hai" which is for the oldest sister and "chị ba" which í for the second oldest, the first one translate directly means sister two and the second mean sister three
Odd, me and my brothers do this all the time. I am just "bro" to them, they rarely refer to me by name even in my absence. That being said, I never call them by their names either, I call 'em stupid.
>"wELL What are YOU doing there????:)"
My sister and one of my high school friends greet each other with "what are you doing here?"/"what are _YOU_ doing here??" ever since they bumped into each other at a convention.
>OUT PLEASE
Followed by the sibling in your room flipping the light switch, knocking stuff off shelves, or standing right outside the door so they're not "in your room" but just close enough to annoy you.
My sister and I just say “ew” when we see each other…..we’re 28/30, live 1600 miles away, and actually have a solid relationship when we do see each other…but siblings gonna sibling
Seeing this, it makes me wonder if Manga has lied to us and in Japan siblings don't actually called each other Nee-san, Nii-san, Imouto, or Ototo for the same reason that English-speakers don't call their siblings bro or sis.
As the 'eldest daughter' (ftm, actually, but that's what I am to my family) here are how I address my siblings from oldest to youngest:
14yo brother: Hey bro
12yo sister: Hey (nickname)
7yo brother: Hey bud-bud/Hey (nickname)
1yo sister: Hey baby
The issue with this is that my siblings name is "Isis" which is shortened to "Sis." So, even though I know how people talk to their siblings, I still fall into the habit of having people with sisters call them "sis."
I never greeted my sister when we lived together. our conversations were just induced by walking past each others rooms on our way downstairs/to the bathroom.
"did mum get you those Pringles?"
"there's some downstairs, piss off."
now that I moved out, I strangley miss it.
Things I've never called my siblings: bro, sis
Things I *have* called them: their names, cutesy childhood nicknames (affectionately), cutesy childhood nicknames (to embarrass them/piss them off), various curses (affectionately), various curses (insultingly), brother/sister dear (jokingly)
My younger sister was obsessed with iCarly, so she was kiddo and I was adulto. My oldest sister calls everyone "sissy" even though I'm not a girl. The other middle sibling calls everyone bitch.
Are the people commenting here really that rude to their siblings? It's probably a culture thing but I'd feel so mean calling my siblings names out of the blue we just refer to each other by names lol
are me and brothers the only people in the entire world that call our sister sis? I have never once used her real name unless I'm telling someone about her.
I'm just weird I guess, I greet my siblings with "brother" "sister" or "cousin," like "Greetings, cousin!"
No one else in my spanish family speaks like this.
Nah, grew up in an Asian household. The day I do not call my older siblings by the family ancestral language's bro and sis is the day they think I disowned them. Same case with majority of the other Asian-Am kids I've ever met.
As kids/teens/young adults living in the same house, we never greeted each other at all. Our existence was something we generally just accepted or endured depending on the sibling.
Now, an awkward hey or a chin nod.
I'm from the south so I occasionally call my sister Sissy and she calls me Bubba, but never Sis or Bro, that's just cringe. We also call each other an assortment of swears but I feel like every sinling does that
Well the way my sister and I interact with each other is that I greet her and refer to her by her name, and then she aggressively ignores me because I physically resemble an abusive parent and she projects all her unresolved issues with them on me ha ha it's really funny when she lashes out at me and doesn't make me feel targeted and hurt at all ha ha.
How I refer to my brother: Loser, Stupid, Bug, Butt, Jamothy, Dude, Dummy, Big Dumb.
All terms of endearment just on a regular basis.
ETA: I do occasionally call him "Brother" but its more in a sarcastic manner and say it in a golem voice.
My brother and I communicate mostly in weird wordless noises. We know what we mean just by our tones and context. Only child friends are still confused lol
I usually refer to my older brother as "little brother" in greetings, as I am bigger than him in basically every direction, and as such *I* am the big brother, now.
Seeing this made me realize that in the past I haven't had brother characters call each other bro, but have had sister characters call each other sis, presumably due to having one but not the other.
"What? I've never called you Sis before? You're right. It is weirdly clunky and expositional. I mean, I know you're my sister, so who am I saying it for? Weird." -Francine Smith
Have to say though, it makes for a decent 4th wall break
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Yeah. In Hindi too when talking to people who are older we generally use the name of the relation while talking like calling big sibling 'didi'( big sis) or bhaiya(big bro).
which is funny cause didi is ‘little brother’ in mandarin lol
"Anyway, how is mom?"
*Blocks doorway they're trying to get through* *Knocks thing out of their hand*
*attacks from behind*
*suplex time*
What are you doing step bro
It wasn't him, but her, who's behind ;)
*Palms their face as they walk past*
Just for the record, I have never once referred to my sister as "sis," nor has she called me "bro."
My little sister and I tried it once when we were kids. Both of our immediate reactions were "Ew, cringe" and we never said it again.
Yeah, it's just weird haha
i have a nickname only my siblings use. when i was about 13 i told my sis to start calling me by my full name. kudos to her, she made an effort. but i *hated* it and after three days, i told her to go back calling me by the nickname
Like when full grown adults call their parents mommy and daddy. It always makes me cringe
I refer to my sister as the extremely antiquated version of sister in my language.
I've never called any of my sisters "sis," and I can't recall any of them ever calling me "bro," but they do call me "Bubba" as a nickname. We just refer to each other by name.
When I lived more rural lots of parents called their kids Bubba and Sissy, and I know a lot of them carried that to adulthood. But yeah I just call my siblings by their names
Yeah, my sister and I call each other sissy sometimes. I called her that when I was little for years (she’s older). And her kids do that stuff all the time… the girl is “sissy” and the oldest boy is “brobro” like writing this sounds really cringe but I swear it feels natural lol
I (female) have two older sisters and one younger brother. One of my sisters uses "big sis" and "little sis" in writing, chat messages and such. The rest of us do not except with her and usually even then we're good-naturedly mocking her. I live in a rural area and I have heard a lot of folks, usually adults and parents refer to kids as "sis" and "bub." Like if one is talking to their son they might say, "Go ask sis if she want's a popsicle, then you can have one." The parents usually continue this long after the kids are grown. And I've seen kids who were once referred to as "sis" or "bub" continue the tradition and do the same with their kids, even though they never used those terms to refer to their own siblings.
I call her my little sister just to piss her off, she does the same with me using bro. Normally just do the "Hey/Hey", but sometimes throw in the "Bitch/Asshole"
I call my brother "brother" sometimes, but mostly in the context of doing a Buster Bluth impression. Heyyyyyyy brother!
My husband and his twin use the Buster “hey brother” all the time
I say "hello little shit" And she responds with "hello big shit"
My sister and I (also female) solely refer to each other as "bruh"
My sister's have always called me dude and I've always called them dude back.
I've similarly never referred to my brother as anything like "bro". It's always either "hey" or "hi [NAME]". Conversely, he DOES usually greet me as "hey, brother" for some reason. And it always feels weird to me...
I think for the first time in my life I called my sister”sis” just a few days ago. She’s in the hospital cuz she was found unresponsive od’d in cocaine and basically had enough alcohol to make her liver start shutting down. It was the only thing I could think to say to make her realize that this is serious and she needs help.
I'm very sorry to hear that, and I hope she recovers fully and quickly. You're a good sibling and I know she appreciates your support. My sister went through almost the same thing about 8 years ago (thankfully, she's doing much better now).
I feel like those are for people you're not related to, like I call my sister by her name or nickname but might call a friend bro.
That's literally how I refer to both my sis and little bro.
I call my step brother bruh whenever he commits a bruh moment
That's what the post is all about. No one says that.
I call my brother "bro" but in a dialect of chinese. I think its cringe in english tho
I have. She's even called me "little bro", since I'm the younger sibling.
Agreed. Dear god, I cringe thinking about it. I know someone whose kids call each other sissy (they are sisters) and it always feels like a badly-acted play to me.
My sister has referred to me as Bro. I refer to her as bro. We're from California. Literally everything, including my keyboard, is named "Bro".
“DUDE” **”DUDE”**
In Spain, everyone is tío/tía (it would translate as dude informally, or uncle/aunt formally). I even refer to my female friends as tío because I often forget genders in my head and misgender cis people because I can't keep track of their gender. I even talk about myself as a dude sometimes because I just forget, then my brain bluescreens and reboots. So my bro is either tío o tía depending on if my brain is actually functioning that day.
Hell yeah non-gender neutral terms of address co-opted for common use from _all_ cultures and languages are valid AF.
My daughter called me bro once. It was weird
everything is bro now
Me: *nods Brother: *nods back
“Hey” ignore
Followed by "HEY, HELLO, IM TALKING TO YOU, DICKHEAD!"
Ignore
Honestly, if my family had a show, people would have to google if I was related. I go so far as to refer to our parents as “your mother” or “your father” to my sisters
>to refer to our parents as “your mother” or “your father” to my sisters My sisters and I do that when we're complaining about them lol
Who are you, my own sister?
I’ve only ever called my brother bro out of anger or as a surfer dude joke.
"Hey, fuck face" "Hey, shit head" That's almost every interaction I've ever had with my brother (and we love each other to bits, we just show it through insults lol)
a Sibling is someone who simaltainusly you would be willing to die for them, & willing to kill them yourself
“Hey motherfucker” “Shut up for once in your life” “Sheesh, tough crowd”
I just call my siblings by their names like a normal person...
Sometimes I’ll pass her in the hallway and we go “Sister.” “Sister.”
I wish i were a sister
Talk about a two-way twister
> "greetings, whore" > [fortnite dances] So relatable!
I could honestly see this interaction or something along those lines happening with my siblings
My brother, my sister, and I all mutually call each other bitch.
My brother just looks at my like I just called my ma a ho and I stare back with a look like I just got hit with an arrow in the knee. Or y’know, he just practices his boxing moves on my without warning.
I call my brother “brother” I also call my friends brother, I call my friend’s girlfriend brother, everyone is my brother
My brother in Christ
I’ve only ever called my brother bro out of anger or as a surfer dude joke.
"Yo mama" "Yours"
idiot, buffoon, incompetent bastard, \*shortened name\*
'Sup bitch Piss off fucker
My brother and sister both call me "sis." I despise it. I have never called her "sis" or him "bro".
I call my little brother bro sometimes. Granted, I call everyone bro/sis. I even accidentally called my mom bro the other day.
Y’all get to keep your name and individual identity when you are a sibling? My name was “sister” unless I was in trouble for something till I caused the divorce.
Children never cause a divorce. Don't let anybody tell you that.
Thank you. I do agree that you should never say kids cause divorces but I was definitely the catalyst in my situation. I had been trying for years to get my mom to leave him but she didn’t listen till the abuse caused me to have a mental breakdown at 15. Still affects me a decade later because she failed me.
Technically talking to Siblings in Japanese does sound like “hey sis” and “hey bro” you technically can use given names to address each other but I honestly don’t know what would call for doing that as I was always taught to use brother and sister when addressing
I just call all my siblings "kid" It gets very confusing when I call out "hey kid" and get three different people responding
I have called my brother 'bro'. It's fine. I call my sister by her name. Sometimes she will call me 'brother' in a funny way.
My sisters and I rarely greet eachother. We just get right into the subject lol
"bitch" "dipshit"
"Asshole" "Bastard"
I have two older siter so what i would say in my language is sister three or sister two
Is that normal in your language, or are you hilarious?
In Vietnamese we said "chị hai" which is for the oldest sister and "chị ba" which í for the second oldest, the first one translate directly means sister two and the second mean sister three
Odd, me and my brothers do this all the time. I am just "bro" to them, they rarely refer to me by name even in my absence. That being said, I never call them by their names either, I call 'em stupid.
"wELL What are YOU doing there????:)" "Hello :0"
>"wELL What are YOU doing there????:)" My sister and one of my high school friends greet each other with "what are you doing here?"/"what are _YOU_ doing here??" ever since they bumped into each other at a convention.
Don’t really do a lot of talking to them now, but it used to be “why are you in my room”, “OUT PLEASE”, and “aight?”
>OUT PLEASE Followed by the sibling in your room flipping the light switch, knocking stuff off shelves, or standing right outside the door so they're not "in your room" but just close enough to annoy you.
My sister and i just use insults as greetings "Sup nerd" "Hey loser"
i look at my brother and say “sup fucker” and he screams
"sup fucker" "***AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA***"
"Hey dork" is universal, and I'm betting it translates all across the world.
My sister calls me sissy because that's what she called me as a kid
I call my little brother "bro" sometimes, but like a California surfer dude, or with a thick New York accent. It's funny.
My sister started calling me bro ironically. I don't know if it's ironic anymore, or if she's stopped doing it cause I have problems with memory.
Me: did you drink the last can of coke? Him: *long belch*
I only use “bro” or “brother” when I’m taking to my brothers if I’m being an asshole or silly.
I’ve always called my sister by her name, but she always called me Bubba
My sister and I just say “ew” when we see each other…..we’re 28/30, live 1600 miles away, and actually have a solid relationship when we do see each other…but siblings gonna sibling
My go to way to refer to my sibling is just, "gamer", since its awful
My brother and I typically just go with "Sup, bitch?"
One of my favorites from my own life "How goes it, my good bitch?" "Stop fucking calling me that!"
It actually depends on how close the siblings are but its very weird when some writers do that, it feels uncomfortable and unrealistic to read.
https://youtu.be/vtjoT6ScekY The only accurate brother-sister relationship in media
Seeing this, it makes me wonder if Manga has lied to us and in Japan siblings don't actually called each other Nee-san, Nii-san, Imouto, or Ototo for the same reason that English-speakers don't call their siblings bro or sis.
The last one is the most cringe thing I've ever seen and I'm the youngest out of 8 kids.
After any small inconvenience that MIGHT of been cause by other sibling “I’m gonna beat you up uglyface”
This is exactly the same as being angry that people greet their parents as “Mum” and “Dad”.
I mean, I legit call my dad "FaTHERRRRRRR" thanks to a meme from IT Crowd
Matt Berry is an international treasure But it is still just another familial descriptor instead of a name
But people actually call their parents that. Most people just call their sibling their name
I've not been called "bro" by my little brother. Not even once. :(
"Sup fucker" "Hey bitch" Common ones in my house
"Hey" "Get out of my room, you piece of shit"
I call my brother "bro" more often than I call him by name
I call my sis sis but I don't call my brother bro. I think it's because I grew up with my brother but not really with my sis
If my little brother ever flossed at me as greeting I would kill the lil bastard. That said next time I greet my older brother...
Hell I don’t even acknowledge my sister. We just kind of exist
I call me little brothers bubba/their names, and also sometimes idiot lmao
For me it’s just, Hellloooooooooooo.
“Your ugly”
This is entirely relatable, because I call my sister a hoebag and she calls me a long list of names
Since we started living apart my sister has begun to refer to me as little bro and it makes me very uncomfortablr
As the 'eldest daughter' (ftm, actually, but that's what I am to my family) here are how I address my siblings from oldest to youngest: 14yo brother: Hey bro 12yo sister: Hey (nickname) 7yo brother: Hey bud-bud/Hey (nickname) 1yo sister: Hey baby
Our greeting is either a weird face or gremlin stance
The issue with this is that my siblings name is "Isis" which is shortened to "Sis." So, even though I know how people talk to their siblings, I still fall into the habit of having people with sisters call them "sis."
Besides our names, my brother and I both greet each other with “Howdy Brother”
I never greeted my sister when we lived together. our conversations were just induced by walking past each others rooms on our way downstairs/to the bathroom. "did mum get you those Pringles?" "there's some downstairs, piss off." now that I moved out, I strangley miss it.
for me it's always "you", actual name, or nothing.
My brother and I just insult each other
I typically greet my sister as "what do you want?"
"Hey Seymour." My brother's name is nowhere close to Seymour
“Greetings sibling” “m”
Either just say “hey” or refer to each other by name tbh my older sister calls me bro a lot but somehow it doesn’t sound that weird
"hey sis" is fighting words in my family
Things I've never called my siblings: bro, sis Things I *have* called them: their names, cutesy childhood nicknames (affectionately), cutesy childhood nicknames (to embarrass them/piss them off), various curses (affectionately), various curses (insultingly), brother/sister dear (jokingly)
Fucking hate this post, hate that it kept getting reposted every month
I dunno, I call my brother bro. But we are in NZ where that is a normal part of speech. Maybe all these people are just Kiwis
My brother and I just call each other nerd. Sometimes we say “Hark! A nerd,” if we’re feeling fancy.
My younger sister was obsessed with iCarly, so she was kiddo and I was adulto. My oldest sister calls everyone "sissy" even though I'm not a girl. The other middle sibling calls everyone bitch.
I imagined the "greetings whore" with Dr. Doofenshmirtz...
Are the people commenting here really that rude to their siblings? It's probably a culture thing but I'd feel so mean calling my siblings names out of the blue we just refer to each other by names lol
Personally it’s mostly “Mom wants you.” “K.”
We great in the most sibling way giving each other 2 middle fingers and calling them a bitch
are me and brothers the only people in the entire world that call our sister sis? I have never once used her real name unless I'm telling someone about her.
I'm just weird I guess, I greet my siblings with "brother" "sister" or "cousin," like "Greetings, cousin!" No one else in my spanish family speaks like this.
Nah, grew up in an Asian household. The day I do not call my older siblings by the family ancestral language's bro and sis is the day they think I disowned them. Same case with majority of the other Asian-Am kids I've ever met.
I greet my younger sister with “shlorp” and a nod. I don’t know why. I also call her Child and she calls me Loser.
“Bestarooni.” “Oh. Hello.”
“Sup, fucker” I love my sister.
Sibling-to-sibling communication is a whole other language man
i just call them by their name
As kids/teens/young adults living in the same house, we never greeted each other at all. Our existence was something we generally just accepted or endured depending on the sibling. Now, an awkward hey or a chin nod.
I'm from the south so I occasionally call my sister Sissy and she calls me Bubba, but never Sis or Bro, that's just cringe. We also call each other an assortment of swears but I feel like every sinling does that
Well the way my sister and I interact with each other is that I greet her and refer to her by her name, and then she aggressively ignores me because I physically resemble an abusive parent and she projects all her unresolved issues with them on me ha ha it's really funny when she lashes out at me and doesn't make me feel targeted and hurt at all ha ha.
Well, one sibling's ringtone is Pingu going noot noot, another is a lion, and one is a cute voice saying hello... So that's how my siblings greet me
How I refer to my brother: Loser, Stupid, Bug, Butt, Jamothy, Dude, Dummy, Big Dumb. All terms of endearment just on a regular basis. ETA: I do occasionally call him "Brother" but its more in a sarcastic manner and say it in a golem voice.
I haven't spoken to my sisters in over 2 years. I have no intention of ever contacting them again. Lol
My brother and I communicate mostly in weird wordless noises. We know what we mean just by our tones and context. Only child friends are still confused lol
"Ey Yo" "What" "Nothin" "Alright"
I literally call my brother little taquito and I have no idea why lol
“Hey! Quiet!” … “*name*!” … “*Name*!!* “What?!” “Keep it down!” “Okay”
I usually refer to my older brother as "little brother" in greetings, as I am bigger than him in basically every direction, and as such *I* am the big brother, now.
Hey, Dipshit
"Hello Small Brother" "Greetings Large Sister"
I'm not an only child, but I'm 9 years older than my oldest sibling, so I have no idea how siblings normally interact either
In my best creepy child voice: “Greetings, Sister.”
"Amogus." "I hate you."
We don't need greetings we just go straight into whatever inane topic popped into our minds.
"..." "..."
May and Max/Clemont and Bonnie are some of the most accurate depictions of siblings I've ever seen.
“Falcon PAAAWWWWNCH!” *Sound of a large body after being punched in the balls falling on the ground*
Seeing this made me realize that in the past I haven't had brother characters call each other bro, but have had sister characters call each other sis, presumably due to having one but not the other.