{"id":442,"date":"2016-06-08T13:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/?p=442"},"modified":"2016-11-29T12:40:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T18:40:42","slug":"fathers-day-what-name-do-you-use-for-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/fathers-day-what-name-do-you-use-for-dad","title":{"rendered":"Father\u2019s Day – What name do you use for Dad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Father\u2019s Day is approaching quickly, and it\u2019s that time when we start to think about what our fathers mean to us; everything they have done in the past, and all they do now. Every year we celebrate the role of fathers, but have you noticed just how many words there are for \u201cfather\u201d in the English language? And, for that matter, how the names we use change from situation to situation?<\/span><\/p>\n

How do you address your dad?<\/b><\/h3>\n

When talking to our fathers we can use a whole range of interesting abbreviations for the word father. Dad, daddy, pops, pop, papa, pa, da etc, it all really depends on which are most used in certain families, and there is, no doubt, a whole host of private and unique ones which stem from family in-jokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evolution of names<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"Evolution<\/p>\n

What we call our fathers often changes as we move through life; we are more likely to use daddy or baba as children, but abandon these more childish terms as we move into our teenage years only to return to using these more affectionate terms in adulthood once more. Sons and daughters also differ in their terms of endearment. There is a case to be made for the fact that daughters use a variety of different terms whereas sons are more likely to use affectionate terms which denote status when talking to their father: words like \u201cchief\u201d, \u201cboss\u201d and even \u201cgov\u201d are pretty common.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Pa, Daddy and Papa?<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Many linguists believe that the words we use for our parents come from the sounds we are most readily able to pronounce as young children. Hence things like mama, dada, daddy, etc are common diminutive terms for father and mother. There are some terms, however, which tend to be used only when speaking to our dads. Pop and pops are such terms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pops and pop<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"Pops<\/p>\n

Originating in the 1830\u2019s, pop and pops have a more grown up feel than, say, daddy, but still shows a degree of affection and intimacy. No matter what we call our father, however, it is most likely that we have inherited our own terms through our families; we\u2019re likely to call our parents what they called their parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what do you call your dad? Do you call him something different when you are with your siblings then when you are in public? Either way, be sure to celebrate your father in all his glory this father\u2019s day, and make sure he knows how much you love him.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Father\u2019s Day is approaching quickly, and it\u2019s that time when we start to think about what our fathers mean to us; everything they have done in the past, and all they do now. Every year we celebrate the role of fathers, but have you noticed just how many words there are for \u201cfather\u201d in the English language? And, for that matter, how the names we use change from situation to situation? How do you address your dad? When talking to our fathers we can use a whole range of interesting abbreviations for the word father. Dad, daddy, pops, pop, papa, pa, da etc, it all really depends on which are most used in certain families, and there is, no doubt, a whole host of private and unique ones which stem from family in-jokes. Evolution of names What we call our fathers often changes as we move through life; we are more likely to use daddy or baba as children, but abandon these more childish terms as we move into our teenage years only to return …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fathers-day-what-name-do-you-use-for-dad.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nFather\u2019s Day - What name do you use for Dad? - Paradise Blogging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Father\u2019s Day is approaching quickly, and it\u2019s that time when we start to think about what our fathers mean to us.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/fathers-day-what-name-do-you-use-for-dad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Father\u2019s Day - What name do you use for Dad? - Paradise Blogging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Father\u2019s Day is approaching quickly, and it\u2019s that time when we start to think about what our fathers mean to us.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/fathers-day-what-name-do-you-use-for-dad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Paradise Blogging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SianKaanVillage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-08T18:42:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-29T18:40:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fathers-day-what-name-do-you-use-for-dad.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"708\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SianKaanVillage\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SianKaanVillage\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Social Media\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siankaanvillage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}