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Auntie is superior version why do people say Aunt?
- Thread starter rrc1594
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Auntie is to Aunt as Mommy is to Mom. Its just very juvenile sounding and its an extra syllable no one has time for.
I've only heard Auntie used in English dubs of martial arts films (see: Jackie Chan filmography)
People have problems calling their mothers "mommy"? How's it juvenile.
I don't want to come across like I"m mocking black culture.
The big white dispute is between "aunt" and "ant"
The big white dispute is between "aunt" and "ant"
When I was 2-4 years old I called my mom "mommy". I've never actually heard an adult call their mother that. It might be a cultural thing though.
Because it is? It's literally juvenile terminology
Like said above, it could be a regional / cultural thing.
Well, I find it odd but my first language is Spanish and I make heavy use of ma, mamá, and mommy since I could talk. This includes around just English speakers and never had anyone point it out to me. So I find this weird.
I will say it with reckless abandon when around my mother. So, if you hear an adult do it one day, it could be me.
Do you watch English TV or movies at all? You will almost never hear that word come out of an adult characters mouth, unless it is an adult talking to a child. Again its clearly a cultural thing and nobody is going to be so rude to tell you not to call your mom "mommy", but I'm just saying its not typical amongst people I know or TV/Movies I watch for adult characters to refer to their mom as mommy.
"Aunt" ends too sharply - you can't easily roll the word into the actual name of the person. For example, "Auntie Mary" flows WAY better than "Aunt Mary."
In the abstract I would use the word "aunt" - for example, "I was visiting my aunt last weekend" - but as a title, it's always Auntie.
In the abstract I would use the word "aunt" - for example, "I was visiting my aunt last weekend" - but as a title, it's always Auntie.
its football vs soccer or feet vs meters, most cultures I think use auntie/uncle while a few (American? not sure who else) use Aunt/Uncle
i know when we visit my wifes (asian) in country relatives literally everyone is either auntie X or uncle Y, the actual relation doesn't matter. Its almost the equivalent of Mr or Mrs. If you help an old lady across the street or to pull down a can from the grocery store, you rush up "let me help you auntie..."
i know when we visit my wifes (asian) in country relatives literally everyone is either auntie X or uncle Y, the actual relation doesn't matter. Its almost the equivalent of Mr or Mrs. If you help an old lady across the street or to pull down a can from the grocery store, you rush up "let me help you auntie..."
You just made me think back to the time i was over a white friend's house and his mom told him to do something and he went off on her. As black child that was like seeing a UFO for the first time.
I used to call mine Auntie when I was a kid, as an adult I just call them by name, some are common names so if someone needs clarification on who I'm talking about it'll be "My Aunt" for non-family members or "Auntie ________" for relatives. Though that's rare as they usually pick up that if I say "Jen" I mean our shared Aunt, or if I'm talking to an Aunt/Uncle that I mean their sister.
same, akin to mommy daddy etc. Not something I would ever say and not something anyone in my family has ever said.
I do the Punjabi equivalent of this. Chacha is the word for your fathers younger brother and I call them both Chach.
It's not something I ever though about until I read this thread frankly. Also I'm American who just had non-English speaking parents. I refer to my mother as mommy like 90% of the time. In person or on the phone(even text lol).
This notion that it's not a thing adults say is throwing me for a loop. Either way, learned something new today, will happily raise my daughter to refer to her mother as Mommy as she grows still. Maybe folks will feel less weird and start using it more.
This conversation just reminds me why I find English such a harsh and ugly language.
Auntie and Aunt were both terms I used as a kid. I dont think I've said either along with Uncle since I was a teen.
