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Cruciferous
08/28/23 12:42:14 AM
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I call my mom mother to be annoying

if u say mommy then u need help
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trivialbeing
08/28/23 12:48:53 AM
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Mom. Mother is too formal

mommy just has sexual connotations to me now I can't think of it in any other way

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josh
08/28/23 1:04:33 AM
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i say mah or muh

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Muscles
08/28/23 1:40:12 AM
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Mom, though my siblings say momma and it seems weird to me

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Joelypoely
08/28/23 1:47:46 AM
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Mum

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speedpunk
08/28/23 1:50:50 AM
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I think I mostly called her by name.

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HelIWithoutSin
08/28/23 2:23:02 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLxQGLJouI

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ReturnOfFa
08/28/23 2:57:40 AM
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She's always been mom. I could call her Brenda to piss her off, but I can do that in plenty of other ways.

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Cruciferous
08/28/23 7:24:04 AM
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people who call ur parents by first name

where are you from
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FatalAccident
08/28/23 7:25:44 AM
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mama

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MagicalPrincess
08/28/23 10:21:50 AM
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speedpunk posted...
I think I mostly called her by name.

That's very disrespectful. We're not supposed to call our parents or grandparents by their name.

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OhhhJa
08/28/23 11:05:01 AM
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MagicalPrincess posted...
That's very disrespectful. We're not supposed to call our parents or grandparents by their name.
I generally assume the parents suck if their kids call them by their name. That implies there isn't a very close relationship there honestly
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slacker03150
08/28/23 11:22:28 AM
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Depending on the context either mom or by name.

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Accrovideogames
08/28/23 11:50:42 AM
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https://voca.ro/1nsdZrQ97S3w

Maman
Man
Mom

The link shows you how I pronounce them. The first two are French and have to be pronounced as such, but the third one is borrowed from English. "An" is a vowel sound not present in the English language. English is quite limited when it comes to phonetics. Most English word pronunciations can be replicated in French, but not the other way around. For example, the English pronunciation of "man" is the same as pronouncing "mane" in French. "Mane" isn't a word by itself in the French language, but is nonetheless found at the end of many words like "kleptomane" and "pyromane". Notice that the "e" at the end is omitted in English. The former is pronounced the same as in English, but the latter pronounces the first syllable as "pee" instead of "pie".

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adjl
08/28/23 12:26:45 PM
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Usually "mom," but I'll go with "mother" from time to time because linguistic variety is fun. Speaking in the third person, it depends on how formal the context is and I'm guessing I line up with the boundaries most people would draw in that respect (though I can't say I think about it too much).

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Nichtcrawler-X
08/28/23 12:30:24 PM
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I think the correct answer (for me) is no.

Both of those are English and me mum does not listen or respond to English.

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Cruciferous
08/28/23 12:32:36 PM
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slacker03150 posted...
Depending on the context either mom or by name.
where are your parents from
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slacker03150
08/28/23 12:33:37 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
where are your parents from
Wisconsin.

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pionear
08/28/23 12:37:31 PM
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No Poll>?

But 'Mom' for Mom, 'Mother' for my Paternal Grandmother, and 'Granmomma' for my Maternal Granmother, and 'Muh' for my Maternal Grand-Grandmother
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GranTurismo
08/28/23 1:03:46 PM
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HelIWithoutSin posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLxQGLJouI
is family guy from the south park guys or from matt groening? i can't remember. Is that show still on? i always thought it was kinda overrated.
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wwinterj25
08/28/23 1:15:47 PM
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Mum. Although not about my own "mum" as I just call her by her name when talking about her and I have nothing todo with her.

Cruciferous posted...
people who call ur parents by first name

where are you from

England

MagicalPrincess posted...
That's very disrespectful. We're not supposed to call our parents or grandparents by their name.

Not really. She's just the person who gave birth to me that's it. As she isn't part of my life I'll refer to her like she's just another random person as that's all she is to me. Not even sure if she's still alive.

OhhhJa posted...
I generally assume the parents suck if their kids call them by their name. That implies there isn't a very close relationship there honestly

Hit the nail of the head here.

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Lil_Bit83
08/28/23 1:57:24 PM
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Mom

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GetMagnaCarter
08/28/23 2:28:04 PM
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I'm British so mum

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Persona
08/28/23 3:04:26 PM
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kimberly or mother

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ParanoidObsessive
08/28/23 3:43:45 PM
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Depends on the context.

When talking to most people I refer to her as my mother.

When I'm talking to close friends who actually know her, I'll call her my mom.

When I'm talking to her, I usually call her "old woman" or "crone".

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Ogurisama
08/28/23 3:48:16 PM
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I usually say mom

but for this topic
https://youtu.be/JqsKqIkJ0wk?si=2vcupE-F-gbK9Cv4

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speedpunk
08/28/23 4:31:31 PM
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MagicalPrincess posted...
That's very disrespectful. We're not supposed to call our parents or grandparents by their name.
Why? That's never made sense to me. It wasn't disrespectful to the people who raised me. Are they somehow wrong?

Cruciferous posted...
people who call ur parents by first name

where are you from
I grew up in California

OhhhJa posted...
I generally assume the parents suck if their kids call them by their name. That implies there isn't a very close relationship there honestly
Could you elaborate? Never seemed weird to me to call my mom by name; it's her name. We're pretty close. I also called my grandmother by her name. That means our relationship was somehow less according to you?

I also called her mom (or mommy when I was very young) but I usually called her by name cuz it felt better for my speaking self.

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Cruciferous
08/28/23 7:37:59 PM
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speedpunk posted...
I grew up in California
Yeah but like where are your parents from
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speedpunk
08/28/23 9:43:08 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
Yeah but like where are your parents from
Not sure how that makes a difference. I was mostly raised by my mother and grandmother, who had no issue with being called by name instead of title. From what I heard, my dad is Puerto Rican-american but never bothered to be around in my life. My mom is american, born and raised.

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HelIWithoutSin
08/28/23 11:33:30 PM
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GranTurismo posted...
is family guy from the south park guys or from matt groening? i can't remember. Is that show still on? i always thought it was kinda overrated.

It's from Seth MacFarlane and yes.

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speedpunk
08/30/23 12:36:03 AM
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So, why is it disrespectful to call them by name? I haven't seen any good reasons so far. It's likely just the preference of individuals.

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Cruciferous
08/30/23 12:48:15 AM
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speedpunk posted...
So, why is it disrespectful to call them by name? I haven't seen any good reasons so far. It's likely just the preference of individuals.
to some people first names are a sign of familiarity and ironically not to be used lightly, especially around elders and or authority figures

So if you're from that kind of place like say, parts of the American south or Korea, you would be conditioned not to use the given names of your parents because parents deserve the respectful mom/mother and dad/father and first names are used for peers. like how teachers expect to be called Mr or Ms/Mrs XYZ or Japanese people don't use the first names of people without a relationship built.
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fishy071
08/30/23 12:54:42 AM
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I says "Mom."

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speedpunk
08/30/23 1:02:28 AM
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So it's a cultural thing. The mother/father title thing is still weird to me. You're removing the name altogether which feels like a form of distance to establish authority. It's just seems dumb. A sign of familiarity between to family members is somehow bad? At least with teachers and Japanese people you're still using a name. I had some teachers that were pretty chill and didn't mind students using their first name.

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GGuirao13
08/30/23 2:51:56 AM
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"Mom."

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Cruciferous
08/30/23 10:34:31 AM
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speedpunk posted...
So it's a cultural thing. The mother/father title thing is still weird to me. You're removing the name altogether which feels like a form of distance to establish authority. It's just seems dumb. A sign of familiarity between to family members is somehow bad? At least with teachers and Japanese people you're still using a name. I had some teachers that were pretty chill and didn't mind students using their first name.
It's weird seeing you say this because most of the world is this way...........
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LinkPizza
08/30/23 12:51:42 PM
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I call her both. Just depends on whats going on. But I usually use mother when Im joking with her, or answering the phone jokingly Or mother dearest

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LinkPizza
08/30/23 1:02:29 PM
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Also, this video

https://youtube.com/shorts/ObTRtR37Tl4?si=rg6xHClaGKJJLyco

OhhhJa posted...
I generally assume the parents suck if their kids call them by their name. That implies there isn't a very close relationship there honestly

Probably depends on the setting. When were over my grandmas house, my moms calls her Ma. But when were around other people (like family), she calls her by her name. Probably because shes not the only mom around. Or something like that. Either way, she used both the word Ma and her first name

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speedpunk
08/30/23 1:11:47 PM
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Cruciferous posted...
It's weird seeing you say this because most of the world is this way...........
Well I'm glad I avoided it. Seems pretty outdated. Also, is there evidence of this statement? I'm not disbelieving you, but if there's an article or study, I'll give it a read.

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KJ_StErOiDs
08/30/23 1:23:23 PM
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As mentioned already, if Im talking to her, its mom, and mother/her first name if Im talking about her.

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teddy241
08/30/23 1:29:19 PM
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josh posted...
i say mah or muh

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Cruciferous
08/30/23 5:09:19 PM
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speedpunk posted...
Well I'm glad I avoided it. Seems pretty outdated. Also, is there evidence of this statement? I'm not disbelieving you, but if there's an article or study, I'll give it a read.
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speedpunk
08/30/23 7:03:37 PM
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So there's not. Cool.

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ParanoidObsessive
08/30/23 7:10:47 PM
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speedpunk posted...
At least with teachers and Japanese people you're still using a name.

Yeah, but they'd still give you the side-eye if you used the wrong honorific. Same principle.

Most languages/cultures have some form of it. Like how French has a "familiar/affectionate" form of "you" (tu) but also a formal/plural version (vous), and you're expected to know when to use which. Most cultures for most of history have put a strong emphasis on using the proper language to establish authority/hierarchy, even if they do it in different ways.

It's really only a recent thing in the West that there's been a shift towards kids calling their parents by their first name. I rememeber when I was young and you'd hear a kid do that, and the most common reaction was mostly along the lines of "Wow, that kid's a little shit" or "Damn hippie parents, letting their kids get away with that shit, putting their kids in 'time out', or asking them 'How do you think that makes me feel?'. Those kids are going to grow up to be assholes."


Spoiler: Those kids mostly grew up to be assholes.

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Cruciferous
08/30/23 7:29:17 PM
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speedpunk posted...
So there's not. Cool.
Buddy over half the world lives like this in India and China alone do you really need to see a peer reviewed Harvard study about how many people and cultures in the world call their parents by mom/dad and not their first names?

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speedpunk
08/30/23 8:47:24 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Spoiler: Those kids mostly grew up to be assholes.
That tracks.

Cruciferous posted...
Buddy over half the world lives like this
You're the one making these generalizations. I simply asked if you could share a little evidence. You couldn't.

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Cruciferous
08/30/23 9:15:33 PM
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speedpunk posted...
You're the one making these generalizations. I simply asked if you could share a little evidence. You couldn't.
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speedpunk
08/30/23 10:27:40 PM
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Again, I believe everything you've said. I was just hoping for a bit more information on the subject. Dunno why it's made you so aggressive.

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Zareth
08/30/23 11:38:16 PM
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Tell your children not to walk my way

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