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Calling your father ''daddy'' just because you think dad sounds like dead, it doesn't,
and I wouldn't use daddy as a substitute.
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At what age do you think children usually stop calling their parents mommy and daddy
and start calling them Mom and Dad. It sounds crazy for people over 20-years-old
to be calling their parents mommy and daddy
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Weird, I guess because ma'am sounds like mom in Britain, this has led into a totally
different topic.
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Don't address anyone under 200-years-old as ma'am, hahahahahahahaha, lol, just kidding.
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Don't address anyone under 100,000,000,000,000-years-old as ma'am, lol, just a joke.
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"Chouchou" is actually a French word and it means the favourite, pampered child of
a family. I'm an only child so of course I'm a chouchou in my immediate family but
I'm also the chouchou of my extended family. "Chouchou" can also mean "teacher's
pet" and I also cannot deny that I fit this definition.
I was hoping that some French person on Antimoon would spare me from defining "chouchou".
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A.S.C.M.
yes, of course I know the French word but I had no idea American use it. (I don't
know if you are American but my American friend has never used this word).
In French, the word comes from 'chou'. They have chouchou and chouchoute.
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British Maria
<I think mummy and daddy are lovely words! <
Richard
<mommy and daddy are baby-talk. It just sounds weird for a 21-year-old to call their
mother ''mommy'' or they're father ''Daddy''.<
My American boyfriend and I were watching an American movie. There was this girl
at her late twenties who called her father "daddy". My friend told me that there
was something wrong for a girl of this age to call her father daddy.
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To Rugger
<Frankly, I find it more weird hearing people call their parents by their first names.
Other than that, I don't care what other people call their parents, whether it be
"mum/dad", "mummy/daddy", "ma/pa", "mamma/pappa", etc., because in the end they are
just titles for ones parents.<
I was in Iran, in Zagros mountians last Summer and I heard children calling their
parents by their first names. I found it lovely and endearing. These kids respected
and loved their parents and for me there was nothing wrong with that.
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Would it sound crazy for a 100,000,000,000,000-year-old to call their father ''daddy''.
Daddy is baby-talk for dad.
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I wonder, What did children in Ancient Times call their mother and father. Did they
just call them by their first names then and if so, why did they suddenly start calling
them, by Mom/dad, ma/pa, mama/papa/ pop, or Mother/Father. Daddy is baby-talk, ''dad''
is what I call my father. Yep, to me it sounds crazy for someone in their late twenties
or even early twenties to call their father ''daddy''.
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I hardly hear "chouchou" in everyday life in France. When I was in secondary school
people were always using "fayot", "fef" or "fefon". It is a much more derogative
term, as it not only means that you are the teatcher's favourite, but also that you
are willing to be it, give all you can and will do anything to remain it.
So it is limited to the acceptation "teatchers' pet", contrary to chouchou which
is the word also used by people who don't mean to be offensive.
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I would feel uncomfortable calling my mum and dad by their first names, most probably
because I have never done it before...It would just seem very strange because you
would be treating your mum and dad as normal, everyday people, when really they're
that little bit more special! I think parents like to be called mummy and daddy or
mum and dad by their kids. I know I would rather be called mummy by my kids (If and
when I have any!) then by Maria.
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To Richard
<I wonder, What did children in Ancient Times call their mother and father. Did they
just call them by their first names then and if so, why did they suddenly start calling
them, by Mom/dad, ma/pa, mama/papa/ pop, or Mother/Father. Daddy is baby-talk, ''dad''
is what I call my father. >
Richard, I believe even in the US parents were called 'Sir' and 'Madam' by their
children in the beginning of the last century. As for the ancient times when human
beings had no names, I believe children just shouted to attract their parents attention.
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