To HATE the word 'Mama'?!

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Just a lighthearted whinge really.
Why is the word mama suddenly everywhere?! I'm 24 weeks and feel like every other day someone says something like 'Are you excited to be a mama?' Or I see t shirts etc with 'mama' on. One of the midwives even uses it!

Makes me cringe beyond belief.

For those saying that you can’t control what your kids call you, of course you can.

My kids would probably call me mammy like the majority of their friends as it is what the mothers, teachers, swim coaches etc around here all use. I really dislike the word mammy and when my eldest came home from school using it, I took care to change it back to mummy/mum.

Im quite sure little handmade cards made in nursery are not addressed to ‘mama’.

It is entirely possible to insist on being called something else if you dislike the name you are being called.

Hearing a native English speaking adult refer to themselves as ‘mama’ is nauseating.

But Blooming Mama and Papa have been around for donkey's years and are definitely UC terms, surely?

Mama is what I called my Mother when I was little, it was also our daughter's first word.

Unless they called you a hot mama, YABVU

www.theguardian.com/uk/shortcuts/2012/jun/05/one-wants-ones-mummy

I don't know why but I can't stand it either! It sounds fine and completely normal in France, Spain, Italy and basically any other European country that isn't the UK/Ireland, but in this country it sounds so grating for some reason.

UC terms used by very transparent wannabe UC people.

Hearing a native English speaking adult refer to themselves as ‘mama’ is nauseating

You’re easily peturbed.

Still wondering if I am talking about a different pronunciation here, does this clarify? I mean the UK pronunciation which I do not hear that often.

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/mama

". I don't mind it; he used to call me "Not Daddy" which was less lovely."

Makes me think of the baby dinosaur hitting his Dad over the head, saying" not the momma".

My GM called her Mum, Mam. WC Lancashire. I've heard Yorkshire people use it. She'd call me, Mama to my children. Who'd call me Ma (we're in Liverpool), to take the piss. I hate "me Ma", unless Irish.

Ma and Pa was our piss take, because of Little House on the Prarie and the HillBilly's (I'm old).

I think Mama sounds softer from an under five, like Nanny, rather than Nan.

You’re easily perturbed

Or perhaps I’m saying what many people think while smiling indulgently at those using it while saying to themselves its far from saying ‘mama’ you were reared!

"Mama is what I called my Mother when I was little, it was also our daughter's first word"

I'd forgotten that. Along with Dada, it's one of the first words.

Which is why my GD stuck with it for my DD, because we'd repeat it back.

Must be a lot of Jane Austen readers on here!

star i think they are referring to the American pronunciation

Bloominglovely, how so when it's one of the first words Humans ever said?

Other Cultures/Languages kept it. Its within some UK Regional usage.

But we have to drop it because some are trying to say its French?

It's the same when posters never knew that you can be from the UK, WC and say Mom, Mam etc.

Perhaps shut up, because when you speak you show your ignorance? But you're doing that whilst smiling indulgently, so carry on doing that, kidding yourself you know better.

OK thanks can , I genuinely wasn't sure. I only ever really her Mum and Dad or Mummy and Daddy so was very surprised to hear that we were all speaking as if we inhabited a costume drama!

I think that the UK pronunciation is nicer but hey ho.

It is less about ‘dropping’ it and more about adults ‘picking it up’.

Tut tut - telling someone to ‘shut up’ is certainly showing your true background. Carry on.

Don't mind mama but can't stand mammy. But where I am from mammy is only used by the less well spoken so that is probably why.

My four year old has started calling me mama sometimes. I think he has picked it up from his preschool friends, one of whom is half Italian and one half Swedish. I don’t mind it.

It is normal in my country to be referred to as Mama and the father referred to as Papa.
My children always called us this until they hit their teens then it was shortened, by them, to mam and paps.
I still call my parents Mama and Papa.
It sounds much less formal than Mutter ( or Mutti ) and Vater.

Hearing a native English speaking adult refer to themselves as ‘mama’ is nauseating.

Making judgemental types feel ill is all just a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

I'm clearly not in the bubble where mama has become ubiquitous as people are always trying to correct my child to say 'mummy' even when I'm stood there saying, 'no, it's mama'. I dislike mum (and particularly the whiney muuuuuuum! You hear from kids) so I'm going to stay as mama, thank you very much.

Why anyone cares what name someone else chooses for themselves is beyond me.

For those saying that you can’t control what your kids call you, of course you can.

Why would I want to? They chose to call me Mama just like I chose their names. It was the first word they said.

Just to make matters more triggering for those that don’t like it, my eldest for the most part, pronounces it M’maa and my youngest like The French Maman. I think probably because she’s just started speaking and we have a lot of French people in our lives. Not sure why my eldest says it like that but I’m sure it’ll change in the future.

@Ghanagirl yes 🤣 I also hate the whole 'mama bear' crap. Have a family member who's always wearing clothing with this written on it 🙄

My DSD(18) calls me Mama - I assume it's because she calls her BM "Mum"

I like it though

I am a grandma and all of my 10 grandchildren have struggled to say, Grandma, until they are about 4. They have all spontaneously called me Mama (pronounced ma-mar) and I love it

"twee, hideous and smug ,mummy blogger language"

Or, in the real world, the second most common first sounds a human baby finds easiest to babble (generally the first are dada) Which is why in a squillion languages (Latin based and not) the word for "mother" is usually based on those sounds.

I'd save my hate for something a bit more offensive tbh.