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February 19, 2011 11:44 pm at 11:44 pm #595138TumsMember
What do you call your father? Tatti, Abba, or Daddy?
And if it is “Tatti”, when does it become “Ta”? (Or if it is “Daddy”, when is it “Dad”?)
February 20, 2011 12:30 am at 12:30 am #779767passion4musicMemberDaddy
What I don’t get is why is it abba and not imma?
February 20, 2011 12:31 am at 12:31 am #77976817wannabeParticipantwe say Pop
February 20, 2011 12:42 am at 12:42 am #779769shuliParticipanttatty when i was little
now i call him ta
it really doesnt matter though
February 20, 2011 1:16 am at 1:16 am #779770canineMemberTate or Footer
February 20, 2011 1:20 am at 1:20 am #779771yentingyentaParticipantmy father was Totti, until my baby sister learned to speak. then he became “daddy”. so now he’s Dad, Daddy and Totti.
February 20, 2011 1:40 am at 1:40 am #779772deiyezoogerMembertotty all the time big or small.
February 20, 2011 1:49 am at 1:49 am #779773chayav inish livisumayParticipantcanine what is footer???
February 20, 2011 1:50 am at 1:50 am #779774TheGoqParticipantone who foots the bill aka totty/abba/daddy
February 20, 2011 1:55 am at 1:55 am #779775canineMemberchayav: yiddish for father.
February 20, 2011 1:55 am at 1:55 am #779776deiyezoogerMemberit’s the yiddish language,got it?lol!
February 20, 2011 1:59 am at 1:59 am #779777oomisParticipantI called my father Dad, and my kids call us Abba and Ema.
February 20, 2011 2:02 am at 2:02 am #779778☕️coffee addictParticipanti call my father “Dad” (but that’s b/c I’m a BT) I try to kid my 1 year old to call me Abba but he calls me “daddy”
:p> mbachur <d:
February 20, 2011 2:03 am at 2:03 am #779779UnderstandMemberTotti, but somehow Mommy became, Ma. Chayav, I assume he means the yiddish of father = Futter.
February 20, 2011 2:14 am at 2:14 am #779780jewishnessParticipantHere is what I dont get. Mommy is English which seems to be the pretty excepted style…Yet Tatty is in the Yiddish vernacular. I suppose the reason is because in Yiddish Mom is Momma which is really close to Mommy, so there. But Tatta is not too close to Dad so it didn’t switch to the English Daddy as did the Mommy.
Although Tatta and Dadda and Tatty and Daddy aint too far off, I guess it kinda strayed to far from its Yiddish roots kinda thing.
I’m not sure why though, Abba is more common than Imma. You have some families that call their dad Abba yet they call their Mom Mommy not Imma. Kind of confusing. Although others call Mother Mommy (English) and father Totty (Yiddish) so I guess cross naming is kind of come standard in some homes.
February 20, 2011 2:21 am at 2:21 am #779781aries2756ParticipantWhen I was young I called him “daddy” like all the other american kids. When I was in HS we started calling him Tatty because we started listening more closely to what my mother was saying and she wasn’t saying “daddy” she was saying “tatty” or more so “de tatta hut gezugt”. So we got smarter in our older years. Then of course he became “Zeidy” which he preferred above all else 🙂
February 20, 2011 3:08 am at 3:08 am #779782✡onegoal™ParticipantAba and Ima by me.
one
\__//goal
February 20, 2011 4:20 am at 4:20 am #779783WolfishMusingsParticipantMy kids call us Mom and Dad.
The Wolf
February 20, 2011 4:39 am at 4:39 am #779784☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantMy kids call us Mom and Dad.
That makes sense, since their names are Wilma, George, and Walter.
🙂
February 20, 2011 5:02 am at 5:02 am #779785whatelseisleftMemberi feel like a tatti only works with all girls. i just don’t see a boy calling tatti………..
February 20, 2011 5:12 am at 5:12 am #779786WolfishMusingsParticipantThat makes sense, since their names are Wilma, George, and Walter.
FTR, that’s not their names… no more than my wife’s name is really Eeees. In fact, my kids don’t have secular names at all (other than their last names).
The Wolf
February 20, 2011 5:15 am at 5:15 am #779787aries2756ParticipantWE are mommy & Tatty, Bobby & Zeidy
February 20, 2011 5:17 am at 5:17 am #779788cshapiroMemberima and abba all the way…
February 20, 2011 5:17 am at 5:17 am #779789always hereParticipantwe are Mommy/Tatty or Ma/Ta.. & Bobbe/Zeidy
February 20, 2011 5:20 am at 5:20 am #779790deiyezoogerMemberi feel like a tatti only works with all girls. i just don’t see a boy calling tatti………..
my boys do…. sorry about that.
February 20, 2011 5:21 am at 5:21 am #779791chayav inish livisumayParticipantwhat abt mix and match like
taty and mommy
abba and mommy
people shud be consistent
February 20, 2011 5:22 am at 5:22 am #779792☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantFTR, that’s not their names…
I know; just an attempt at humor (feeble as it may be).
Hence the 🙂
Is your name really Zev? 🙂
February 20, 2011 5:30 am at 5:30 am #779793WolfishMusingsParticipantIs your name really Zev? 🙂
It’s possible. It’s also possible that it’s not.
The Wolf
February 20, 2011 5:57 am at 5:57 am #779794PosterMemberTatty and Mommy.
February 20, 2011 8:30 am at 8:30 am #779795passion4musicMemberFeel like the only one who says daddy here lol! Never said dad, hardly ever da either. Definitely not tatty and never abba.
February 20, 2011 3:18 pm at 3:18 pm #779796candy613Memberits abba and ema in my house! i think this is the best because those dont have to change as kids get older. They are both pretty neutral. Also i always felt ma and ta had a negative connotation especially with teens. And totty always bothered me, and mommy i feel is kinda babyish so i would stick with ema and abba.
>O<613
February 23, 2011 1:51 am at 1:51 am #779797mosheroseMemberWolf what about Sam?
February 23, 2011 2:22 am at 2:22 am #779798TheGoqParticipantall i am is uncle that’s all i will ever be, not trying to be a downer but that is my reality
February 23, 2011 2:31 am at 2:31 am #779799always hereParticipant@ Goq~ everyone’s favorite uncle, along with Uncle Moishy! =]
February 23, 2011 2:34 am at 2:34 am #779800TheGoqParticipantlol always ty i am the cool uncle
March 24, 2011 3:44 am at 3:44 am #779801brotherofursParticipantmommy or ma and daddy or da (not mom or dad, and 🙁 not imma or abba or tatty)
March 24, 2011 12:49 pm at 12:49 pm #779802ZeesKiteParticipantI forgot. What did I call her?
March 24, 2011 1:51 pm at 1:51 pm #779803whatrutalkingabtMember“i feel like a tatti only works with all girls. i just don’t see a boy calling tatti………..”
Yeah which is why when my brothers got older they changed Mommy/Totty to Mom and Dad. Some of us still do Ma and Ta, though.
March 24, 2011 2:27 pm at 2:27 pm #779804mamashtakahMemberMy father is Dad, my shver (to me) is Pop.
My kids call me Abba, although in attempts at humor they will sometimes call me Poppa or Tatty.
March 24, 2011 2:42 pm at 2:42 pm #779805AinOhdMilvadoParticipantI actually overheard some (American goyish) kids at the airport not long ago calling their parents “Father” and “Mother”!
My wife and I looked at each other.
It was like something from Charles Dickens!
We – are Abba and Eema.
March 24, 2011 3:26 pm at 3:26 pm #779806Derech HaMelechMemberI have an Abba and a Ma who is sometimes called Mommy.
I am a Tatty.
March 24, 2011 3:38 pm at 3:38 pm #779807bptParticipantTa and Ma
March 24, 2011 6:26 pm at 6:26 pm #779808me tooMemberMy father A’H always addressed his mother in the 3rd person. ?? ???? Although he did not expect it from us. Why? I guess pragmatism. We were growing up in 20th century USA.
June 22, 2011 1:14 am at 1:14 am #779810WolfishMusingsParticipantalso stop naming your kids after non-kosher animals like dov bear or wolf
So, I guess Ze’ev, Ari/Aryeh, Dov, Huldah and Devorah are all forbidden names according to you?
The Wolf
June 22, 2011 1:22 am at 1:22 am #779811ZeesKiteParticipant..stop teaching your children corrupt german
OK. I’ll start to stop.
btw Anything wrong with Yiddish. Been spoken and sanctified by yidden for the past (I don’t know how many) years.
And what’s this about naming a kid after a non-kosher animal? The only name I’d give a kid is gidy. Anyways a tip from Poppy:
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June 22, 2011 1:28 am at 1:28 am #779812brotherofursParticipant“Do u call him daddy, or maybe u say abba, perhaps to u he’s tatty, or do u call him papa…”-Marvelous Middos machine!! [came into my head when i saw this thread]
June 22, 2011 3:39 am at 3:39 am #779813minyan galMember“I actually overheard some (American goyish) kids at the airport not long ago calling their parents “Father” and “Mother”!
My wife and I looked at each other.
It was like something from Charles Dickens!”
Several years ago, I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my co-worker refer to her mother-in-law as “Mrs. ‘Smith’. I thoughr that was little too formal for my liking. Can’t say I have ever heard any Yidden do that.
June 22, 2011 4:30 am at 4:30 am #779814StuffedCabbageParticipanttottles….
June 22, 2011 4:35 am at 4:35 am #779815mischiefmakerMemberTa n’ Ma-easiest shortest least annoying.
June 22, 2011 4:48 am at 4:48 am #779816amichaiParticipantwe are daddy and mommy to our children.
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