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Auntie is superior version why do people say Aunt?
- Thread starter rrc1594
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Shit, man, not all white people. My mom is a southern mom through and through. She'da taken my SNES and put it in the fucking oven and made me watch it melt if I tried shit like that.
You in your own house and you still make damn sure the chicken is out the freezer when it needs to be
I tend to say it as "Ant" but I don't really talk too much to my aunts or about them.
My SO calls older women Auntie but pronounced "ant-ee." It's common in Hawaii.
My SO calls older women Auntie but pronounced "ant-ee." It's common in Hawaii.
Because I'm not a freaking 8 year old. Also I'm from Argentina. But yeah, "auntie" sounds so weird coming from an adults mouth idk
Then I'd have taken all her family photos and burned them. Something irreplaceable to teach her a lesson.
I'm not close to any of my extended family. Never really wanted to use cutesy terms of endearment for them.
Where did calling your grandmother Nana come from? I've never used it myself, but I've heard it here and there.
As a white person, feels kind of appropriative, but also I just grew up with everyone saying Aunt.
Because Auntie implies a familiarity and affection I don't feel toward my real aunts?
Auntie Tia
Auntie is what I use for any adult woman not related to me except my mom's younger sister because I don't think they have a special title, though I could be wrong.
Otherwise, my dad's sisters are "gugu." " My dad's brothers' wives are "bo mu" or "shen shen." My mom's brothers wives' are "jiu ma." My mom's sister is "ah-yi." She would be "yi ma" if she were older than my mom.
Otherwise, my dad's sisters are "gugu." " My dad's brothers' wives are "bo mu" or "shen shen." My mom's brothers wives' are "jiu ma." My mom's sister is "ah-yi." She would be "yi ma" if she were older than my mom.
Should've been first post.
Ah yes, one upsmanship with the person who pays all the bills when all you had to do was show some respect.
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It's funny to me that I'm of the same mind as you (it sounds childish), but then I think the only time I've actually heard "Mommy" (or Daddy, for that matter) spoken has been from folks in their 30's/40's. Hearing one of my Managers (late 30's) talk about visiting his Mommy on Mother's Day was oddly.. heartwarming? Like, it sounded less juvenile and more like he was just close with her.
Separately, in response to OP, I'm just too deadset on saying Ant.
Auntie is exclusively said by toddlers and/or to an elderly woman. It sounds incredibly disrespectful for a non-baby to call a non-grandmothers-generation person "auntie". To me, it implies a more diminutive, more "sagely yet removed" disposition for the recipient.
At least, for my English side. Otherwise, it's zia.
At least, for my English side. Otherwise, it's zia.
I'm black. I've used quite a few versions to describe my aunts. My aunties are in Michigan. My Aunts are the elders in the family. They are based in Arkansas. We don't pronounce it Aunt however, it's pronounced Ain't. My wife is Filipino, she calls her aunts Tita.
