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So I was curious.  We all talk about what kinds of names we have in our family, what we would like to name a future child, what our kids names are ... but I was wondering.  What do your children call you?  What do you call your parents?  Is it regional/cultural?

When I was really young I called my parents Zim and Ter (Jim and Teri).  This was because I was the oldest and they didn't think that I would have to be taught that they were Mom and Dad.  So I called them by their given names until I was about five when my little sister started calling them Mom and Dad.

I am from Southern Ohio/Northern Kentucky and most people around here call there parents Mom/Dad ... but I call my mom, Momma, not really sure why.  I just started doing it one day when I was little (probably because it annoyed her) and it just stuck.  I never called my dad, Daddy, but my little sister did when we were kids.

I was just curious!  So what do you all call your parents or get called?

EDIT: Lets add grandparents to the list!

moms side: when I was little I called my grandpa 'Baby PawPaw' because he was the smaller of the two and my grandma has always been Grandma.  My Grandpa's parents I have always called Gramps and Babsa (I couldnt pronounce Babcia - Polish for grandmother).  Only my grandma's mother was alive when I was younger and she was always Grandmother.

dads side: obviously his dad was "Big PawPaw" but now he is just Pops.  My grandma used to be GeBe (she was 'Grandma Betty) but now we just call her Grandma/Granny.  All us grandkids used to poke fun and call her Granny but now it has stuck and has become endearing.