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Hate to sound like an idiot, but....
Haha. I get called Papi everyday by some of the little girl at the school, some of the mothers, and then some of the teenage girls when they are wanting to use my cellphone or go to the colmado....etc. It isn't hard to determine the different connotations for each time it's used. I take none of it seriously. I haven't heard it used as an insult though.
Most of the time I hear parents or relatives refering to little boys as papi when they are asking them to do something. Of course this is much different than Ai Papi!
Husband in law! Never heard that before, but I like it! Probably a very real situation around these parts!
I'm never really sure who's Mami/papi and who's Mam? /pap? in a Dominican family. My children say Mami to their mother and Mam? to their grandmother but papi to their grandfather and p?pa (Dutch pronunciation) to me or sometimes papi.
My wife and her siblings also say papi and mam? to their parents and when still alive would call their grandmother mami. So it's all over the place. I'm trying to get my children to say abuelo/abuela to their grandparents but it hasn't worked yet. :laugh:
(Yes I know this topic is about something else)
My wife and her siblings also say papi and mam? to their parents and when still alive would call their grandmother mami. So it's all over the place. I'm trying to get my children to say abuelo/abuela to their grandparents but it hasn't worked yet. :laugh:
(Yes I know this topic is about something else)
That's what I think..... honey, dear, sweetie...
maybe even, 'Hey Pal'....
all the phrases I hate..........
Add 'Bro' to that list........
irate:
maybe even, 'Hey Pal'....
all the phrases I hate..........
Add 'Bro' to that list........
irate:In more than a few families just because Papa is mamas husband does mean he isn't papi as well.
There is one family totally fuked up in my street, la Caleta. Grandad is grandad and dad, and the daughter still lives with the patents. The child is completely screwed up, and the grandmother, both as timid as they come. Grandaddaddy rarely shows his mug, but people know and allow him to come and go from the house unhindered. Although he has taken barrio justice in the past and has several unset broken limbs, severed tendons. Whether related I'm unsure. Not something I'm interested in showinf my interest in.
But I bet this scenario is played out over and over the Island over.
All our nieces and nephews call their fathers Papi and mothers Mami.
I agree that when a woman calls a man who's not her father "Papi" it's a term of endearment, but not necessarily meaning anything very special. My husband uses Mami in the way an American would use Hon/Honey, or when he doesn't know someone's name. For example, at the beach a woman or may come by selling arepa or fruit, and he might call her Mami.
I've heard boys and girl called papito and mamita a lot. My husband is Papa to our grandchildren, I was Mama Grace for a few years and now it's morphed into plain old Grandma.
I agree that when a woman calls a man who's not her father "Papi" it's a term of endearment, but not necessarily meaning anything very special. My husband uses Mami in the way an American would use Hon/Honey, or when he doesn't know someone's name. For example, at the beach a woman or may come by selling arepa or fruit, and he might call her Mami.
I've heard boys and girl called papito and mamita a lot. My husband is Papa to our grandchildren, I was Mama Grace for a few years and now it's morphed into plain old Grandma.
Eric Clapton married George Harrison's Ex Wife and the two friends then called each other "husbands in law".
Mmmmh.
#1. Involves money for sex.
#2. It would make me feel, really, really old.
I hear it a lot, but not directed towards me. ( behind my back I sometimes hear "chulon ", which, I guess is the younger version of papi ).
Also, "querido" or " amor" are used much more often, and IMO , more respectful. ( ie, the lady at the colmado, who is older than my mother, would use it....... a bit like " love " in scotland ).
#1. Involves money for sex.
#2. It would make me feel, really, really old.
I hear it a lot, but not directed towards me. ( behind my back I sometimes hear "chulon ", which, I guess is the younger version of papi ).
Also, "querido" or " amor" are used much more often, and IMO , more respectful. ( ie, the lady at the colmado, who is older than my mother, would use it....... a bit like " love " in scotland ).
According to Sigmund Freud all little girls and little boys want to "do" the parent of the opposite sex.
Oedipus complex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When "papi" is used outside of the context of a familial relationship, the "Oedipus complex" is probably at play somewhere in the background.
Oedipus complex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When "papi" is used outside of the context of a familial relationship, the "Oedipus complex" is probably at play somewhere in the background.
And that concludes today's lesson on the use and meaning of "papi."
I can't wait for the various iterations of the other use of papi.....as in "papi chulo" lol.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
I can't wait for the various iterations of the other use of papi.....as in "papi chulo" lol.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
What does it mean when a woman calls you "pupi"? I suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the ladies dont call me papi they call me pupi. Whats that about?