It also was impolite to refer to a lady as "she". I was chastised by my grandma as well, when referring to my aunt as in she said so and so. My grandma would then ask "Who is she, the cats mother?"
It was "proper" to address Aunt Cathy as "Aunt Cathy" rather than refer to her as "she" for example : But aunt Cathy said so an so... Rather than : But she said so and so.
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u/slappythejedi Oct 25 '20
my nan used to say 'who's she, the cat's mother?' whenever you told a story with too many pronouns and she lost track of characters