Why do you use "papa" instead of "daddy" or "dad"?
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Anonymous
| papa' (accent on last a), because we are from Italy. |
Anonymous
| Kids say Dad. I say Pops. |
Anonymous
how old is the kid? Dada usually ends post-toddler so I was wondering if child was older. |
Anonymous
| I thought it was a hipster thing . . . |
Anonymous
| DH is European (Russian) so we go with Papa. Since Dada means uncle. I'm mama. We wanted simple things that meant the same in both languages. |
Anonymous
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Well with us we have formed names that don't echo those of another relative. In our family circle We have a couple of few papas/daddies/pops/mummies/moms/Grandmothers/Nanas/Gimpy (he got the short straw), Puppa-old (arguably also a short straw) and The Ancient (arguably the shortest straw).
The thing is that the kids have an individual name for everyone. They all call me "mommy dearest" which is a bit of a joke after I told them about that particular biography. I think they mean it nicely but a few years will tell. Whatever the case I stop them from calling anyone a name that resembles a whine eg Mooooooo(inflection up)oooooooo(inflection down)ooooooo(rising terminal inflection)Mmmmmmmmm. That's an aggravating "mom" in about twelve syllables. It's hard to make 'papa' so egregious. |
Anonymous
| Papa = Dad in our Franco-German-Americsn family |
Anonymous
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My brother is Papa to his children and his husband is Daddy. Both are American.
My best friend calls her beloved stepdad Pop as her Dad died when she was six. Lots of reasons to use Pop, Papi and Papa instead of Dad or Daddy. |
Anonymous
| I always wondered about this too. We have cousins who call their father papa. The father never referred to himself as papa, just his wife and children. She can be a little snobby so I just chalked it up to her putting on airs and let it go. |
Anonymous
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It amazes me how clueless people are about the world. People use different words and phrases than you, OP, just because that's what they do. Why do you need a reason? So silly.
We are Mama/Mommy and Dada/Daddy/Papa interchangeably. Not crunchy. |
Anonymous
| My son calls me papa and my wife mama. No cultural reason, we're just annoying hipsters I guess, plus I find mommy and daddy kind of annoying. I didn't realize this was a hipster thing though until I started reading DCUM. |
Anonymous
| It really depends on what the family grew up using. Even within my extended family, there are differences. We always said Dad/Daddy, but my uncle was always called Papa and then "Pop" when the kids were older. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| My brother In law is "papa" and it's because they are pretentious idiots. |
Anonymous
I just think he want to differentiate from your close minded family. |