tonyp
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Post by tonyp on Dec 6, 2011 5:12:52 GMT -5
The way I interpreted it was that when John was a boy people were a bit less emotive so Pa and Ma was used then the later generation came along and were a little more gentler so to speak and open to emotions therefore using the more softer Daddy. (probably completely wrong but it satisfied me!!) in the Uk there are so many different names for parents and at first it was probably a class thing which later changed and it was and is just down to personal preference, I love Ma and Pa but it would just be too strange for us as it's always been Mum and Dad,the one thing I dont like is calling your parents by their christian name.
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Post by Rhonda on Dec 6, 2011 8:43:25 GMT -5
I don't think that it was done for our benefit, I think that when you live in a multi-generational setting, it just seems to happen. My parents live with my family and I always called my father Dad until the kids where born. They started calling "my father " PAPA and their father Dad (like it should be but then I started calling my father Pup or Papa when all my life I called him Dad. It is more to save the family some confusion. (not viewers) Jim, thank you for your explaination. This is exactly what I had in mind but could not put it into words. I agree that it was done to save confusion wether it be for the family or the viewers.
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