I’m a young mom with a pre-teen son and he’s called me “mommy” up until he was about 10 and a half. Since then he’s been calling me “Ma” which I find pretty cute. Especially when he extends it to “Maaa” when yelling from another room. Maybe it’s a southern thing lol. Just curious about what y’all call your moms?
Norwegian: Mamma. It’s the same general meaning as “mom”. “Mommy” strikes me as a bit more childish, and I don’t think we have an equivalent here.
Mommy is rather childish. I didn’t call my mom that seriously after about 8.
I’m Norwegian and say «mor» (mother). My mom asked me to use that instead of «mamma» (“mom”) when she thought it sounded childish.
You can also say «modern», but to my ear it’s a little more harsh sounding. Maybe it’s a dialect thing.
In English, I don’t think many adults would normally say “mommy”, but many adult Norwegians say «mamma».
So to me, at least, a closer match is mom=mamma and mother=mor and mommy has no Norwegian equivalent.
Interesting. In America, we also have “ma”. I don’t know who uses that one, but it’s used in shows sometimes. We have far more creative names for grandparents.
I think ma may be the closest thing to Norwegian «modern» in the sense that it is more of a dialect/region difference than an adult/child thing. In my experience, ma is used more in the South and in rural dialects in the US. I’ve heard modern used more in Eastern dialects in Norway. Maybe more curiously, I’ve mostly heard modern used only in the sense of “my mom” (third person) but rarely to address them. Maybe others can chime in on their usage of it. Norwegian has a lot of regional variation.
Hadde venner i oppveksten som brukte mor og far. Litt for formelt for meg, så mamma og pappa, selv om begge er over 80 nå
Tror det også er litt dialekt-avhengig. Jeg ser for meg at Mor kanskje blir brukt i Bergen og enkelte steder på Oslos beste vestkant litt mer naturlig enn andre steder. Bak den nordnorske låvedøra der jeg ble født så brukes det ikke i noen som helst sammenheng.
Det var venner fra oslo vest og bærum. Det var ingen som brukte mor og far der jeg vokste opp heller, utenom om besteforeldre.