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Why do spanish speaking people call their baby girls mama?
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updated Mar 8, 2012
posted by mkilbride
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It is just an idiom. The same way in the U.S. wives and husbands call their partners "honey"
updated Mar 8, 2012
edited by farallon7
posted by farallon7
In English we call it a "term of endearment"...and idiom is something else. - --Mariana--, Mar 8, 2012
@ farallon7 & mkilbride: I also have heard people in the US (aka English-speakers) do that with their own children. "Hey (little) mama"/"Hey little man"...it happens here, too. Varies by person. - Goldie_Miel, Mar 8, 2012
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Like Farallon says, it's like calling someone "Honey" or "Baby" or "Sweetie."
Just a few names that people use in Latin America:
Mamita
Papito
Papi
Mija / Mijo
Guapa / guapo
updated Mar 8, 2012
posted by --Mariana--
