Full Names

During my undergraduate career I went to school with several Heathers, Davids, Sarah's. As a result, we would often call people by their full names. Soon it became normal. I have close friends I even think of with two names. It is, however, in other contexts pretty strange.

Since I've been blessed with some quality daytime television time, I've noticed that on shows like "The New Detectives" when they talk about a suspect, who is going to end up the killer, they always use a full name. For example, I just heard this, "Detectives went to John Smith's house to speak to him. John Smith's mother answered."

It's amazing what you notice when watching daytime television.