why we call our mother as mummy?

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why we call our mother as mummy?

2006-08-30 03:29:05 · 4 answers · asked by sanat 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities

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I imagine that it is a type of alliteration but one in which a consonant gets repeated again within the given word so as to emphasise a meaning. Presumably a child thinks of the M as a soft and warm consonant to hear and thus using a word by which the M is double that of "mother" or "mom" a child is telling that caregiver that she is very special.

2006-08-30 03:51:04 · answer #1 · answered by Steven S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Only the British call their mother mummy. The Americans call them mommy.

2006-08-30 03:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by zombiepirate_13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Regional differences.

2006-08-30 04:56:55 · answer #3 · answered by Terra T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

daddy is dummy so
mother is mummy

2006-08-30 06:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by nisha 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋