Ella: Mommy, ang tawag ko sa iyo minsan INAY. Minsan naman Mommy. (Mommy, I will sometimes call you Mother and sometimes Mommy.)
Me: Talaga? (Really?)
Ella: Kay Daddy naman Itay. (For Daddy, it will be father.)
I was smiling because of the thought of being called Inay and Itay. It sounds like she was born before the World War 2. It was formal and to me more endearing but the smile turned into laughter when she continued:
Ella: Si ading naman, tawag ko sa kanya TOL. (For my little brother, I will call him TOL) 
(TOL - a short term for UTOL which is a Tagalog street language meaning BRO/BROTHER)
by Julie, on January 30 2009 @ 12:47 am
Kids are so funny! *lol* … I BEG my kids NOT to call me “mother” … I just don’t like it. *lol* I ask them to call me Mommy or Mama. I don’t care for “mom”, but only because it makes them seem grown up, and I’m not ready for that yet.
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by bona, on January 30 2009 @ 11:24 am
haha,astig pala itong si ella, hippie repapips, haha. O nga nanay carol, cute nman ang utol (bka idol nyan si robin ha, yay).
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