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Postby laurie53 » Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:16 pm

I heard a young boy, about seven, an obviously English family, cal his mother "Mama" yesterday, a term I haven't heard used, particularly by a boy, for about 75 years.

At first I thought they were French and I had misheard "Maman" but definitely English.
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Re: "Mama"

Postby dita » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:42 pm

Its a beautiful endearing word Laurie I cannot remember hearing anyone say it either.
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Re: "Mama"

Postby vannin » Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:46 pm

My mother and her five siblings called their mother Mama and their father Dada .
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Re: "Mama"

Postby laurie53 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:43 am

Dada is not uncommon in Ireland, and in places with Irish influence such as Liverpool and some parts of Wales.

My own son used the normal Mum, except when expressing disapproval (of her) when he would say, in a voice like thunder, even as a five year old, "Mother!".
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Re: "Mama"

Postby vannin » Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:10 am

laurie53 wrote:Dada is not uncommon in Ireland, and in places with Irish influence such as Liverpool and some parts of Wales.

My own son used the normal Mum, except when expressing disapproval (of her) when he would say, in a voice like thunder, even as a five year old, "Mother!".


Yes, this was rural Ireland. However, my father's parents, stern Dubliners, were Mother and Father!
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Re: "Mama"

Postby Andere Richtingen » Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:24 am

I like "Mama". It is one of the first sounds articulated by most infants and I think it's a shame that so many contract it to the rather ugly-sounding "Mum" or "Mam". My mother didn't like "Mama" and discouraged us from using it. She was a Brummie and preferred to be "Mom". I always preferred to be known by my name but would probably have lived happily with Mama if my daughter had wanted to use it.
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