how do you call your mother? / myLot

Mama and My Son Amando - This is my Amando, still learning to speak...

Philippines

October 1, 2008 1:09am CST

my son is learning to speak, and he already can uttered Mama when he calls me, but lately, i was surprise when he calls me Mommy, hmm, wondering where he picked that, maybe from the television or from the neighborhood. So I corrected him, i like to be called Mama instead of Mommy, i don't know, maybe it's because that's how i called my own mother too.How about you, how do you call your mother, Mama, Mommy, Mom, Nanay etc, or perhaps, how does yours call you? which do you prefer to be called?

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4 responses

rainmark

@rainmark (4302)

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1 Oct 08

Since child i always call my mother "mamang". That's an Ilonggo term, which use for calling your mother. I find it sweet and with feelings when i call her "Mamang". But my mother called my granny as "nanay" i wonder why we never followed that "nanay" word for mother. Happy posting.

Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

1 Oct 08

I used to call my mother is 'Amma'. In our regional language we are using the same instead of 'Mummy', 'Mom' etc. It means mother. My kids are calling me also 'Amma'. I like to hear this call because it shows our respect towards to the mother tongue.

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nyumix

@nyumix (1658)

• Belgium

1 Oct 08

I call my mother as Ibu. It is very normal to call a mother with that name in my own country. But my children call me as Mama.

@jay399us (269)

• India

1 Oct 08

Well for me it depends upon my mood.... Like very excited i would call hey moms... Not too good mama.... Ok mummy.... Its like you know there are so many types of person in single human being that called as mother....so i will call her with all the different types of names i can...

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