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#95585 02/21/03 02:31 PM
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Juan, you taking over ron obvious's job?


#95586 02/21/03 03:19 PM
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Juan, you taking over ron obvious's job?

No, AnnaS...he's ron obvious, I'm WO'N obvious, 'member? Whit said, obscuringly.




#95587 02/21/03 05:24 PM
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"Mummy, can we wrap this up?" he asked swiftly.



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#95588 02/22/03 03:38 PM
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in the UK we tend to use 'mum' and 'mummy' while in the USA you tend to use 'mom' and 'mommy'. Wonder how that happened.
I was scolded for using "Mummy" as my Mother said she was not an embalmed Egyptian! Actually, I called my mother "Mother." and that's what my sons call me.


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>Actually, I called my mother "Mother." and that's what my sons call me.

My Dadand his siblings all called their father "Father", and that is what his grandchildren all call him too. He died a month before I was born, but when any of his grandchildren speak of "Father" we know instantly to whom they refer.


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