tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post114920385917322539..comments2024-01-10T17:38:08.333-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Burns: Ma, Mum, Mom, Mommy, Momma, MotherLiz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-1149520748709174962006-06-05T11:19:00.000-04:002006-06-05T11:19:00.000-04:00My step-children, aged 14 and 16, call their grand...My step-children, aged 14 and 16, call their grandmother "gram" while their 3 year old twin cousins call her "grandmother." I thought at first that the parents chose the name but apparently the twins came up with it themselves when they were just learning to speak. Go fig.<BR/><BR/>For me, though, my mother will always be "Mother" because I was 13 when she died and just starting the angry teen stage that meant saying "Ma-ther!" in an annoyed tone every time I said it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-1149252535661740352006-06-02T08:48:00.000-04:002006-06-02T08:48:00.000-04:00Names are interesting. You may find The Names of ...Names are interesting. You may find The Names of God interesting. I archived them on May 6, '06 on my blog.McMinistries, UnInc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03557230717973959868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-1149249121900337892006-06-02T07:52:00.000-04:002006-06-02T07:52:00.000-04:00Interesting post.Writing, I often try to choose so...Interesting post.<BR/><BR/>Writing, I often try to choose something other than "mom" because that one is used so often it tends to wipe out the character into a generalization. If I want the mother to fade into the background, that's when I use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-1149212733241489452006-06-01T21:45:00.000-04:002006-06-01T21:45:00.000-04:00The first time I met my future MIL, my future husb...The first time I met my future MIL, my future husband called her mother and shook her hand and I was so. weirded. out.<BR/><BR/>He told me later he was joking but they are definitely a "dry" family, while mine is conspiciously "wet."<BR/><BR/>But sometimes these mixed marriages can work.webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02111147106670737578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-1149212302005662142006-06-01T21:38:00.000-04:002006-06-01T21:38:00.000-04:00Interesting! Mother seems cold to me too...Maybe ...Interesting! Mother seems cold to me too...Maybe because my Mom called her own (cold) mother "Mother."Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-1149207415701628062006-06-01T20:16:00.000-04:002006-06-01T20:16:00.000-04:00Thanks! Actually, I cross-posted this, and receive...Thanks! Actually, I cross-posted this, and received some interesting responses, some that surprised me: Mummy; Mudear; Mama; Ma; Mum; Ma'am; and more that referred to their mother's by their first names.Don Tate IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616878926865387399noreply@blogger.com