Things Linnea says to me

[ailbhe]

"No baby, itsa 'Nea!" whenever I call her a baby.

"Mammy get it!" when she drops something. Ha.

"Daddy soup enty. Mammy soup enty. 'Nea [plate] enty."

"Thag oo much. Other side!"

"MINE g(l)ue (s)ticky g(l)itter more paper p'ease."

"Here it is, 'Nea get it."

"Yes," while nodding firmly, when asked various questions. "Yeah," while grinning.

"Painta now a under stairs Mammy p'ease MAMMY!"

"Dis go!" (Let's go).

"Ope gate! Mammy ope GATE!"

Comments

[biascut.livejournal.com]

Aw, she calls you mammy! I wonder whether that'll last when she's in more contact with English kids? Would you want to stay as Mammy or would you let her switch to Mummy or Mum if that's what seemed natural to her?

[wandra.livejournal.com]

Well, for what it's worth, I was an English kid, and I grew up calling my mother Mammy or Mam, and still do. It's a regional variation not a national one, as far as I can see (I'm from the north east of England). I can't imagine calling her Mum. It's a source of annoyance every Mother's Day when loads of cards say "Mum" and none say "Mam".

[biascut.livejournal.com]

Oh I know - I know people from the north-east who say Mam. But Linnea's down south.

[ailbhe]

To be fair, she calls me Mammy and Mommy and Mummy. It varies. I don't think there's going to be a "let" element. She's young enough that she will choose my name and that will be that.

I mourn the passing of Meemee though. That was *my* name.

[jmkg.livejournal.com]

I'm studying in the north-east at the moment, and I've definitely seen cards with "Mam" on. Similarly "Nan", a grandmother name that I also hadn't really heard in general use till I came here..

The children I work with (5- to 7-year-olds) are split about half-and-half on whether they say Mam or Mum.

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

"No baby, itsa 'Nea!" whenever I call her a baby.

Aw! Reminds me of R, aged 18 months when someone at C's nursery called her a baby:-

*draws herself up to her full height*

"I not a baby, I a Rosamund!"

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

I more frequently use "mother" to rhyme with "bother" if she's pissed me off yet again :)

[arky72.livejournal.com]

Do you mind if I add you to my flist? I got here via helenprev, and I have a 17 month old son called Jonnie.

Helen

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Heh. When I was in the UK a few years ago, I killed some time and spent the rest of my pounds in the post office in the airport buying several years' supply of "Mum" birthday cards for my Mum. Although people in Canada mostly say something that sounds like Mum, nowadays a lot of them choose to spell it MOM. My mother doesn't. Neither does my partner.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

The five-year-olds I coach often refer to "When I was little" and "When I was a kid".

[ailbhe]

Go for it, as the dudes on radio four say.