What do you call your mother and father?

!   Tuesday, June 07, 2005, 23:46 GMT
I'm Australian. I say mum and dad in public, but mummy and daddy at home (I'm female and age twenty).
Kazoo   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 00:19 GMT
Canadian:

Mum
Dad
Kirk   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 01:05 GMT
<<Again, the last post by "Travis" was not by me...

Wieder war die letzte Post von "Travis nicht von mir...>>

I figured. Your mom is surely higher-class than a garden instrument :)

<<Canadian:

Mum
Dad>>

My cousins from Canada call my aunt "mum"--I've always thought that was pretty cool.
zarafa   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 01:18 GMT
I knew someone who called her grandmother "grandmommy." When she was talking about her, also called her "grandmommy," with no possessives preceding it, as if it were her grandmother's name. Ugh.
Lazar   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 01:28 GMT
I always call my parents "Mom" and "Dad".
Jim   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 01:37 GMT
I call them "Mum" and "Dad" though there are contexts in which I'd use the words "mother" and "father" to refer to them (in a formal speech, for example).
Joaquin   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 02:07 GMT
mother: ina
father: ama
mom: nanay, mama, mommy
dad: tatay, papa, daddy
toadian   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 02:15 GMT
in mars;

yuk = father
yok = mother
Don   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 03:16 GMT
<<As far as I remember we weren't taught to capitalize "mom" or "dad.">>

That's interesting. Because I was taught that ''Mam'' (Welsh English for ''Mom'') and ''Dad'' were supposed to be capitalized. I wonder if my teacher was just wrong. Do you think that's a probability, Kirk?
Jack   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 04:00 GMT
Lets have a 3some Sander and Travis and Travis please wear that cute skintite Nazi uniform for me :) kiss kiss.
Jack   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 04:01 GMT
That post wasn't me but Sander and Travis I don't mind you pumping my British ass.
Andre from Kaffer Suid Afrika   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 04:03 GMT
Ja me too please can I join too? I'll bring a couple of Kaffer slaves to rape.
Travis   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 04:04 GMT
Well Ok a boer, tommie, Dutchie and a kraut that would be a good gay porno video.
Kirk   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 04:06 GMT
<<That's interesting. Because I was taught that ''Mam'' (Welsh English for ''Mom'') and ''Dad'' were supposed to be capitalized. I wonder if my teacher was just wrong. Do you think that's a probability, Kirk?>>

Well, I guess it's not impossible, but there are some varying standards in orthographical practices thruout the world. I would never capitalize "mother" or "father," even when referring to my own, so it only seems natural to me that "mom" and "dad" not get capitalized. The only case where I could see it being capitalized here is if someone is using it as a form of address or in place of a name:

"Did you know that Dad wants to go too?"
"Come on, Mom, let's hurry up!"

but...

"My dad wants to go too"
"I told my mom to hurry up"

Anyway, I would rarely ever need to use "mom" and "dad" in writing in the first couple examples, so that may reinforce it in my mind that those words don't get capitalized.
Troll   Wednesday, June 08, 2005, 04:06 GMT
Disgusting what a sick forum. I should report this to MJD. This type of material should be kept in Europe - no where else.