Poll: What do you call your parents?
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"Mum and dad" when addressing them and "mother and father" when talking about them to other people.
Äite = Mum
Iskä = Dad
Mummi = Grandmother
Vaakku = Grandfather
I'm Finnish, those are in regional dialect more or less.
I believe 'Vaakku' is just amongst our family though, instead of 'Vaari', which is more common.
When I talk about them in English I call my mother 'mum', and father 'dad'.
Iskä = Dad
Mummi = Grandmother
Vaakku = Grandfather
I'm Finnish, those are in regional dialect more or less.
I believe 'Vaakku' is just amongst our family though, instead of 'Vaari', which is more common.
When I talk about them in English I call my mother 'mum', and father 'dad'.
mum and dad
lol at the brits in this thread getting fussy over the difference between "mum" and "mom". they're pronounced exactly the same aside from the difference in accent, come on
lol at the brits in this thread getting fussy over the difference between "mum" and "mom". they're pronounced exactly the same aside from the difference in accent, come on
I've always called them by their first names, as that's what they raised me to do. I sometimes call them mother or father in a joking kind of a way. When referring to them to someone else I default to the more irish ma & da.
Well, I've always been very close to my parents, so "Mom" and "Dad."
Though perhaps a bit unusually, I do actually use "Papa" as well... to refer to my grandfather. Rather, to avoid having two "Grandpas" and "Grandmas," I use "Grandpa" and "Grandma" for my dad's parents, and "Nana" and "Papa" for my mom's parents (Nana passed away, however, and I call Papa's girlfriend by her first name). I'm not sure who came up with this naming scheme though, since I've been calling them that for as long as I can remember.
Though perhaps a bit unusually, I do actually use "Papa" as well... to refer to my grandfather. Rather, to avoid having two "Grandpas" and "Grandmas," I use "Grandpa" and "Grandma" for my dad's parents, and "Nana" and "Papa" for my mom's parents (Nana passed away, however, and I call Papa's girlfriend by her first name). I'm not sure who came up with this naming scheme though, since I've been calling them that for as long as I can remember.
I call my mum `Mum`, my dad `Dad`, and my (ex)step-dad by his name.
I did go through a phase of calling my dad by his name, but that was just when I was angry at him in general. Now, I pretty much no relationship with him, but I still call him my dad.
I did go through a phase of calling my dad by his name, but that was just when I was angry at him in general. Now, I pretty much no relationship with him, but I still call him my dad.
"Mum" and "Dad". Nothing special. I do however tend to call them "Mother" or "Father" for dramatic effect, but that is uncommon.
I voted Mom and Dad, because I don't feel justified picking "other" just because I use mum.
Interestingly, when talking to me or my two brothers, they've always referred to each other as "your mummy" or "your daddy", even though none of us have ever used those terms.
Interestingly, when talking to me or my two brothers, they've always referred to each other as "your mummy" or "your daddy", even though none of us have ever used those terms.
I still call them Mom and Dad. Sometimes I say Mother-person or Father-person, mother-figure or father-figure, mam or dod, or simply parent. But Mom and Dad.
