I think I just made that up, but it makes so much sense to me!
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jesse - May 19, 2005 11:02:58 am PDT #7704 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sophia Brooks - May 19, 2005 11:05:01 am PDT #7705 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That it's actually "Mommy" spelled with a Massachusetts accent.
OH! Although, I sort of feel that Meg and Jo were much too old to call their mother "mommy". Of course, my mother hated ALL the nicknames and actually insisted, from the time I was a small child, that I call her "Mother".
§ ita § - May 19, 2005 11:05:41 am PDT #7706 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I sort of feel that Meg and Jo were much too old to call their mother "mommy"
I still call my mother Mummy -- and it's not strange, culturally. It may just be a time and place thing.
Susan W. - May 19, 2005 11:09:18 am PDT #7707 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I switched from Mommy and Daddy to Mom and Dad when I was about 6. However, my brothers (who were all teenagers when I was born, so it's not strange we use different terminology) all still say Mother and Daddy. Which sounds weird, but AFAIK isn't that uncommon in the South.
Snacky - May 19, 2005 11:23:40 am PDT #7708 of 10002
Like I need a hole in my head
I always thought "Marmee" was just a "mother name". Although the phonetic spelling of "mommy" makes sense, even though *I* don't think I pronounce "mommy" that way, and I'm from Massachusetts. Heh.
Actually, I think the more typical New England name for mother was "mummy."
lisah - May 19, 2005 11:25:20 am PDT #7709 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Which sounds weird, but AFAIK isn't that uncommon in the South.
That's what my dad from SE Texas called his folks.
erikaj - May 19, 2005 11:28:55 am PDT #7710 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Mostly, it's mom...sometimes "Mama' if I'm feeling Elvis.
ChiKat - May 19, 2005 11:36:29 am PDT #7711 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Mother and Daddy. Which sounds weird, but AFAIK isn't that uncommon in the South.
Not uncommon at all. I call my parents Mom and Daddy. But, they both called their mothers, Mother.
Betsy HP - May 19, 2005 11:37:12 am PDT #7712 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I call my parents Mama and Daddy, and they're in their 70s.
sumi - May 19, 2005 12:11:24 pm PDT #7713 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
But -- a mother name -- not a family nickname, right?