Do you call your parents by their first name or Mom & Dad?

[Ockie]

Depends how it is used… using our language combined with rage and/or aggression calling someone close to you “JY!” en “JOU!” will result in a RPK.

Jy en jou is NEVER to be used when addressing my parents ... well .. now just my mom or grand mother. Even as a adult it is mamma and ouma. If we are having words, then it switches to ma instead of mamma. Never ever "jy" of "jou" As a adult now it is ok to address my uncles and aunts as jy and jou. As a child you would not dare that either. You called them Oom of tannie ... same for any adult when still a child. Call them jou of jy whne you are a child and you are just asking for it.

 

[Ancalagon]

I always called my parents Mom and Dad. Sometimes called my Mom "Ma". If I ever get married, I will never call my in-laws Mom and Dad - I only had one set of parents, and they are gone now.

 

[Quey_Quick]

My father I call daddy ( but with that typical coloured e instead of a "deddie)

My mother is usually Bertie or Berta, and mummy only comes out when we argue.

Coloured and 27.

My in laws are Rra (Tswana for sir/oom) and my Mma Esther.

 

[AthenianOwl]

Mommy
Daddy

I love them



















25yo dude here.

 

[Alan]

Mom and dad

Members of the elder generation are Mr and Mrs or Ms

 

[cerebus]

Mom and dad

Members of the elder generation are Mr and Mrs or Ms

I find Afrikaaners and Americans are quite formal like this whereas English-inclined types go for the first name thing. Personally, it's mom and dad and my kids better flippin well call me dad no matter how old they are.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

EDIT: Ma, Pa ... Oom, Tannie.

35, White.

Wait just a minute! You're white? :wtf: I always picked you for a coloured.

 

[Picard]

Wait just a minute! You're white? :wtf: I always picked you for a coloured.

I'm lily white, dude. I've even got blonde hair. The little bit that there still is.

 

[KalMaverick]

Mommy & Daddy, Ouma.

Aunts and uncles get called by their first name cause they're cool like that.

For non-family: Sir & Ma'am.

White, English, 20s.

 

[Toni11]

I call my parents Mommy/Mummy and Daddy and if my mom's not listening then her first name.
My fiance's mom is "Aunty x" or Moms.
Our son calls us "mama or mummeee" and "dada".
My friends' parents are "Aunty x" / "Uncle x", acquaintances Mr/Mrs.

I'm 28, Coloured.

 

[kolaval]

My mom by both ma and name, my father always pa.
Funny my 4 year old refers to me by name and my 3 year old papa.

 

[mooks]

Oh, and minimooks calls me momsie.

 

[Wall]

Ma when talking to her. Mummy when asking about her.

E.g. ma, what you doing? Ask my dad, where's mummy?

Dad is just dad.

Indian, 25

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Mom/Mum/Moms
White - 37

 

[The Voice]

Ma. Dad is deceased.

White - 33

 

[SoulTax]

Mom and Dad, unless they are in trouble, then I call them by their full names. It has sort of been a tradition within our family that people get shortened or pet names and only when someone is in trouble are their full names used. I got called by my full name a lot when I was younger, now I get to do it back to them. So much fun.
White, British heritage, 29.

 

[RiaX]

Their names arent mum and dad :erm:

 

[Carol35]

I call her Mommy, my mil is Mom. I don't call my father anything, we rarely speak.
The little one calls us Mommy/Daddy, the son says Daddy and calls me Ma or mother when we argue haha.
My oldest daughter calls me a shortened version of my name and step-daughter too.

 

[HavocXphere]

First name when very public. i.e. If for some stupid reason I need to semi-shout it in a crowded place. I speak German to them though, so ultimately it matters little - few understand it anyway.

 

[bwana]

My oldest daughter calls me a shortened version of my name and step-daughter too.

Carol or just 35?