I lived in the US for 2 years, and it's like this alot in films.
I'm just wondering, do grown American women in their tewnties (or any age above 12) really say Daddy? I know cultures vary, but I started saying Dad aged 9.
Also, if you're saying Mom (the grown-up version), then why stick to Daddy (the childish version?)
I'm not asking to be b*tchy, but as i'm 1/2 American (My Dad's side) I am genuinely interested in whether this actually happens or it's just a silly Hollywood thing.
2006-08-30 03:34:18 · 25 answers · asked by CoolBabe 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
For me it's what your comfortable with. I never knew my dad, so my Grandad has the honer of being call Daddy by me. Someone said that is a child like saying, but i believe there is an amount of respect that follows. I don't always call him Daddy just when i feel comfortable or when i try to get something from him (lol).
If you have respect for your parents then it doesn't matter how you call them.
2006-08-30 03:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by shez w 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Its not an American thing. Its a choice. Dad vs Daddy are not childish. Its just a choice.
2006-08-30 03:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by David C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly dad's are the pinnacle of the abode carry. The leaders...the companies and so on. So hence, women persons have come to call the adult adult males in there stay daddy's. i exploit to think of it wasnt that creepy till I met a guy that grew to become into into it and enable he had some effen subjects! So now i hit upon it creepy. it truly is does not practice to all adult adult males i grew to become into basically sharing, lol
2016-11-06 01:44:19 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not really i'd say about 10-12 is when they stop saying daddy, but in Hollywood they have made a sterotype that all spoiled rich girls call they're father daddy, so now it seems like alot of girls have started calling they're fathers daddy. personally i say dad
2006-08-30 03:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by fruitie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I still call my father Daddy. When I was younger, I tried to call him dad, but he wasn't having it. He said that he didn't like the word dad and he refused to answer me when I used it. Now I'm just accustomed to using Daddy so that's what I call him.
2006-08-30 13:09:47 · answer #5 · answered by mochasister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they will always be DADDY's little girl.
Daddy is simply more endearing than "Dad" which implies I'm grown up and don't need to call you "Daddy" anymore.
PS: I'm Canadian. I call my dad Papa (cause he's Italian).
My kids call us Mom, mommy, dad, daddy, depending how they are feeling.
2006-08-30 03:39:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calling your father "Daddy" is not childish. In the south many many people (especially women) call their fathers "Daddy" until the day they die. Just because you don't say Daddy, doesn't make the rest of us childish because we do call them Daddy. Even my brothers call him daddy, and my oldest brother is 50!
2006-08-30 03:45:53 · answer #7 · answered by AzOasis8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
J R Ewing always said to Cliff Barnes "that's no way to talk about my DADDY" and by the way, if you haven't already noticed, J R was a man. Catch ya later, when your legs are straighter, DADDY!
2006-08-30 04:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am English and 22 years old i say mummy and daddy simply because i think it is more loving, when speaking to my dad i call him dad but speaking about him i call him daddy, i always call my mum saying mummy. Not in a snobbish or posh way or crawler way just simply because i think its sweet
2006-08-30 03:41:40 · answer #9 · answered by jenna p 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT really depends on the area you grow up in. TN call their fathers daddy even when they are in their 40's.Parent's are just that what you call them is up too you,it is just a speach thing in your area.God says honor your Mother and Father.
2006-08-30 03:41:40 · answer #10 · answered by indiana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋