May 5, 2016 at 9:22 am

At home, I call my mom ” Ma” and dad “Pak”

Usually, local children young and old call their ;

mom: Ma, Mak, Mummy, Mi, Mama

dad: Pa, Pak, Daddy, Di, Papa

My kids call me ” Mi” short form for Mummy

while they call their dad “Daddy” in full format.

However, adults children in the household call their parents” Father and Mother” instead!

Weird isn’t it?

May 5, 2016 at 11:35 am

I used to call my mum as Ma and when I felt too excited I would call her Amma but my father was always a Papa and I used to call him Papa JI. Here Ji is sign of respect in our part of the world and we use it after names to anyone whom we respect.

May 5, 2016 at 1:29 pm

http://172.104.9.193/members/sunil

thanks, I am learning more each day that different countries different culture

May 5, 2016 at 1:33 pm

I call my mum, mum and dad, dad 🙂

May 5, 2016 at 1:46 pm

http://172.104.9.193/members/angelwings/

thanks for your comments, I guess that is the usual , mom and dad

May 5, 2016 at 2:38 pm

i call them mama and papa

May 5, 2016 at 2:45 pm

I call my parents in Cantonese, papa or pa, mama or ma.

My children call me mama, and call the dad papa. But sometimes I don’t know why they like to call me mommy. 🙂

May 5, 2016 at 5:15 pm

@junebride31

aww, so sweet my dear, that is very close bonding

May 5, 2016 at 5:19 pm

@kaka135

I thought in cantonese , dad should be ” Lou tao”

Mom – Ah Ma

But nowadays, mommy and daddy are common

May 5, 2016 at 5:22 pm

Well, I don’t call them, they call me. As for my own kid, she always uses normal terms like ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ so nothing special.

May 5, 2016 at 5:27 pm

I call my parents “Mama” & “Papa”

You’re right @peachpurple I noticed that too most kids nowadays call their parents mommy and daddy.

May 5, 2016 at 5:33 pm

@rapidblue

so, you just talk to them, no greetings in the morning, etc?

how do you greet them when you call them on the phone?

May 5, 2016 at 5:38 pm

@peachpurple We actually speak mandarin at home, but when we call our parents, we do not call them in the Mandarin pronunciation but Cantonese. I don’t call them Lou Tou or Ah Ma, but just baba & mama, similar to Mandarin, but different tone. 😀

Yes, I think nowadays many kids call daddy and mommy, and I think that’s why my little girl followed too. Or perhaps she learned it while I read her some picture books in English.

@rapidblue I am curious how you call your parents too.

May 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm

@kaka135

OIC, you are not KL mommy?

May 5, 2016 at 5:51 pm

@peachpurple My home town is in Ipoh, most people there speak Cantonese as well. But, my family speak Mandarin at home, so I can speak better in Mandarin than in Cantonese, though there are still some terms we use in Cantonese. 😀