Brittspeak and other variations (was Re: Wotcher)

[Wendy]

Saitaina wrote:

"Of course I'm a Californian who mixes up
words to my liking at random. My mother
often doesn't know if she's going to be
called mom, mum, mere, mamana, or hey you."


Is that a California thing? Maybe so, as I'm a native Californian, 
and for the longest time I've been at a complete loss as to what to 
call my mother. She was Mommy the whole time I was growing up (just 
as my father was Daddy). While Daddy remained Daddy even after I was 
an adult, for some reason I've never found something "comfortable" 
to call my mom (for some reason Mommy just doesn't cut it these 
days). So now she's Ma, Mom, Mum, Mother, or "the crazy woman on the 
phone." Oops! No, not that last one. <G>

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who does this. <g>

Wendy