Mom [OT]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:23:43 -0600, "jmcquown"
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Karen wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:15:58 -0600, "Karen"
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Yup. We call our "Mums" "Mom" or sometimes when younger "Mama"
(though my siblings and I held on to that one for a long time
actually.) "Mother" is generally held for referral use only OR when
aggravated by said parent.

Karen


And Mommy. My brother and I called our mother Mommy when I was
little (which is an increasingly long time ago ), and all the
children I
knew growing up said Mommy. My mother called her mother Mommy when
she was little. I know English people say "Mum" or "Mummy," but I
never found it irritating. It's what they do. So what?


Oh, some things are just like that. I dislike "Ma'am". And I know a
lot of women who do and yet people use it all the time. I swear, it
makes me feel ancient!

Karen

You're not the only one, Karen! "Yes ma'am" in the U.S. is considered
polite but it makes me feel like someone's grandmother. Granted, I'm almost
old enough to *be* someone's grandmother, but point in fact, I'm not.
Still, I suppose it's intended to be polite.

Jill


Another regional difference. It's pretty standard in the south,
almost non-existent in the north. So it can be a jolt to a northern
woman to be "ma'amed" when it's nowhere in her experience.




Theresa
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:31:36 -0600, "jmcquown"
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wrote:
Kreisleriana wrote:

MaMA, with the stress on the second (upper clahss-like).

Or maybe Spanish-speaking.

Joyce

This reminds me of a completely unrelated joke... but of course it has to do
with grammar

Woman from the Southern U.S. is sitting in an airport next to a woman from
NYC. The Southern woman attempts to strike up a conversation by asking,
"So, where are you from?" The woman from NYC replies snootily, "I am FROM
where they don't end a sentence with a preposition." The Southern woman
thinks about this for a minute, then says, "Okay, where you from, bitch?"
ROFL

Jill (that's my favourite joke since I live in the South)


I always tell that joke, too, except I drag it out, more. And when I
tell it, the lady's from Connecticut!




Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Karen wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:15:58 -0600, "Karen"
yodeled:

Yup. We call our "Mums" "Mom" or sometimes when younger "Mama"
(though my siblings and I held on to that one for a long time
actually.) "Mother" is generally held for referral use only OR when
aggravated by said parent.

Karen


And Mommy. My brother and I called our mother Mommy when I was
little (which is an increasingly long time ago ), and all the
children I
knew growing up said Mommy. My mother called her mother Mommy when
she was little. I know English people say "Mum" or "Mummy," but I
never found it irritating. It's what they do. So what?


Oh, some things are just like that. I dislike "Ma'am". And I know a
lot of women who do and yet people use it all the time. I swear, it
makes me feel ancient!

Karen

You're not the only one, Karen! "Yes ma'am" in the U.S. is considered
polite but it makes me feel like someone's grandmother. Granted, I'm
almost
old enough to *be* someone's grandmother, but point in fact, I'm not.
Still, I suppose it's intended to be polite.

Jill


When I was a kid, here in the US, I always called my mother Mom. My
children called me Mom, Mommy, Mum, Mummy, but never Ma. Don't know why,
but Ma, drove me nuts!

Charleen

Why would kids from Glasgow want to imitate Londoners with Cockney
accents? Is it some kind of working-class chic or something? Like over
here, when white suburban kids start talking hip-hop lingo to imitate
black kids in the cities?

Possibly - the accent described as "Estuary English" is often heard on popular
UK TV programmes (East Enders as one example) and if the popular TV
"personalities" speak like that, kids imitate it. I don't like the sound of
Estuary English - it's a "lazy" accent where syllables are missed off or
shortened, for example the word "three" would be pronounced as "free" or "girl"
as "gel" with a hard, short sound the the "g" as in "get". To my ear, it's not
a pleasant accent to listen to. Then again, I've got a geordie accent and I'm
sure there's plenty who don't like that accent ;-)

Cheers, helen s



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. Then again, I've got a geordie accent and I'm
sure there's plenty who don't like that accent ;-)

Cheers, helen s



Like who? Who doesn't love the Geordie accent? It's one of my favourites!

Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:23:43 -0600, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Karen wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:15:58 -0600, "Karen"
yodeled:

Yup. We call our "Mums" "Mom" or sometimes when younger "Mama"
(though my siblings and I held on to that one for a long time
actually.) "Mother" is generally held for referral use only OR
when aggravated by said parent.

Karen


And Mommy. My brother and I called our mother Mommy when I was
little (which is an increasingly long time ago ), and all the
children I
knew growing up said Mommy. My mother called her mother Mommy when
she was little. I know English people say "Mum" or "Mummy," but I
never found it irritating. It's what they do. So what?


Oh, some things are just like that. I dislike "Ma'am". And I know a
lot of women who do and yet people use it all the time. I swear, it
makes me feel ancient!

Karen

You're not the only one, Karen! "Yes ma'am" in the U.S. is
considered
polite but it makes me feel like someone's grandmother. Granted,
I'm almost old enough to *be* someone's grandmother, but point in
fact, I'm not.
Still, I suppose it's intended to be polite.

Jill


Another regional difference. It's pretty standard in the south,
almost non-existent in the north. So it can be a jolt to a northern
woman to be "ma'amed" when it's nowhere in her experience.

Theresa

True enough, Theresa... I never run into this when I go up North I guess
this is what is left from the "old South" (pre-Civil War days)... M'ornin Mz
Scarlett ma'am ROFL

Jill

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rather youngish grandmother. I told her if I was called "Grandma" I'd
wring her neck!! Ah, vanity!! So we settled on "Nana." My other set

My mom wasn't that young when she became a grandmother, but she refused
to be called grandma too. She is Nani to all her grandchildren. The
funny thing is, they call my dad abuelo (grampa), so they refer to them
as Nani and El Abuelo.

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On 27 Mar 2004 15:18:30 GMT, omcom
(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) yodeled:

Why would kids from Glasgow want to imitate Londoners with Cockney
accents? Is it some kind of working-class chic or something? Like over
here, when white suburban kids start talking hip-hop lingo to imitate
black kids in the cities?

Possibly - the accent described as "Estuary English" is often heard on popular
UK TV programmes (East Enders as one example) and if the popular TV
"personalities" speak like that, kids imitate it. I don't like the sound of
Estuary English - it's a "lazy" accent where syllables are missed off or
shortened, for example the word "three" would be pronounced as "free" or "girl"
as "gel" with a hard, short sound the the "g" as in "get

An' th' infamous glo--al stop (glottal stop).

Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:40:36 -0600, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:23:43 -0600, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Karen wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:15:58 -0600, "Karen"
yodeled:

Yup. We call our "Mums" "Mom" or sometimes when younger "Mama"
(though my siblings and I held on to that one for a long time
actually.) "Mother" is generally held for referral use only OR
when aggravated by said parent.

Karen


And Mommy. My brother and I called our mother Mommy when I was
little (which is an increasingly long time ago ), and all the
children I
knew growing up said Mommy. My mother called her mother Mommy when
she was little. I know English people say "Mum" or "Mummy," but I
never found it irritating. It's what they do. So what?


Oh, some things are just like that. I dislike "Ma'am". And I know a
lot of women who do and yet people use it all the time. I swear, it
makes me feel ancient!

Karen

You're not the only one, Karen! "Yes ma'am" in the U.S. is
considered
polite but it makes me feel like someone's grandmother. Granted,
I'm almost old enough to *be* someone's grandmother, but point in
fact, I'm not.
Still, I suppose it's intended to be polite.

Jill


Another regional difference. It's pretty standard in the south,
almost non-existent in the north. So it can be a jolt to a northern
woman to be "ma'amed" when it's nowhere in her experience.

Theresa

True enough, Theresa... I never run into this when I go up North I guess
this is what is left from the "old South" (pre-Civil War days)... M'ornin Mz
Scarlett ma'am ROFL


Well, it really says something about the difference between north and
south. Up here, we have what I call the "Whaddayacrazy?" reflex. So
when we hear people talk like that, we simply don't believe it. We
think we just stepped into a movie or something, or the other person
has maybe lost his mind, or is pulling our leg.

Theresa
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:40:36 -0600, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:23:43 -0600, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Karen wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:15:58 -0600, "Karen"
yodeled:

Another regional difference. It's pretty standard in the south,
almost non-existent in the north. So it can be a jolt to a northern
woman to be "ma'amed" when it's nowhere in her experience.

Theresa

True enough, Theresa... I never run into this when I go up North
I guess this is what is left from the "old South" (pre-Civil War
days)... M'ornin Mz Scarlett ma'am ROFL


Well, it really says something about the difference between north and
south. Up here, we have what I call the "Whaddayacrazy?" reflex. So
when we hear people talk like that, we simply don't believe it. We
think we just stepped into a movie or something, or the other person
has maybe lost his mind, or is pulling our leg.

Theresa

It's pretty funny if you weren't born and raised down here; I often feel
like I'm stepping into a movie myself. I can only imagine someone in the
Northern U.S. running into someone from the South who does that "ma'am"
thing ;-)

I do appreciate it, however, when I have my hands full and am trying to exit
a store with several bags and a big jug of Tidy Cats kitty litter. "Go
ahead, ma'am" Thank you! LOL

Jill