All the mother-words seems alike

Nish Nishant

The word MOTHER is English. In Malayalam/Tamil it's AMMA. In Hindi it's MA. The English variations include MAMA, MOM, MUMMY. They all have this M sound about them. Funny huh? Maybe it's natural for a baby to use an M sound to call it's mother. Maybe even the cavemen of the stone age had M sounding worlds for MOM Nish

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ColinDavies

Yeah, At a guess I'd say it is one of the easiest soundz for a baby's mouth to say and so it became quickly attributted to calling for the mother. Regardz Colin J Davies

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Nish Nishant

****Colin Davies wrote: Yeah, At a guess I'd say it is one of the easiest soundz for a baby's mouth to say and so it became quickly attributted to calling for the mother. Yeah. MMMAAAAAMMMMMAAAA sounds easy enough for a baby. Nish

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Nish Nishant

David Wengier wrote: In Hebrew is IMA. In German, its MUTTER. In Australian, its MUM Cool! Thanks David :-) Nish

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David Wengier

In Hebrew is IMA. In German, its MUTTER. In Australian, its MUM ;P -- David Wengier Sonork ID: 100.14177 - Ch00k

moliate

Swedish: Mamma Hungarian: Anyu (no 'm' here. Probably to prepare young children for the fact that the language they are supposed to learn bears little resemblance to any other language in the world.) I think that babies tries out all simple vocal patters and when they find a real word (like mama, papa, amma or whatever) they get a lot of attention. That's the way they learn the language. /moliate

Two o'clock and walking through familiar London - Or what was familiar London before the cursor deleted certain certainties - I watch a suit and tie man giving suck to the Psion Organizer lodged in his breast pocket its serial interface like a cool mouth hunting his chest for sustenance, familiar feeling, and I'm watching my breath steam in the air.

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Nish Nishant

moliate wrote: Hungarian: Anyu (no 'm' here Blast! These Hungarians are out to ruin my M theory Nish

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Dave Goodman

Sounds like mama are probably the only ones a baby can make with a nipple in its mouth. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

Nish Nishant

Dave Goodman wrote: Sounds like mama are probably the only ones a baby can make with a nipple in its mouth. Hey :-) I never thought of that :-) Nish

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ColinDavies

I'll test that assertion. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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Nish Nishant

****Colin Davies wrote: I'll test that assertion. Cool! :-) Nish p.s. he said baby, remember :-)

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Simon Walton

****Colin Davies wrote: At a guess I'd say it is one of the easiest soundz for a baby's mouth to say and so it became quickly attributted to calling for the mother. Rubbish, my first word was 'antidisestablishmentarism'. "No, it's Mammy" my mother says. But even at age 3 I found this word too simple for my high intellect. Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024

Nish Nishant

Simon Walton wrote: Rubbish, my first word was 'antidisestablishmentarism'. Oh! And who did you call that? And did he/she slap you, forgetting for a moment that you were only a baby? Nish :-D

Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.

Alexandru Savescu

In Romanian is MAMĂ - you need Eastern Europe Encoding to see it the last letter correctly. Best regards, Alexandru Savescu

MoZ

In Arabic it's OMMI Moz Tunis - Tunisia

David Wulff

In Tiverton it is Sister. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.

Andres Manggini

In spanish it's MAMA. Or MADRE, but the latter is like.. more formal. Andres Manggini. Buenos Aires - Argentina.

Chris Losinger

time to get a book on linguistics. there's a reason english and hindi (and dozens of other modern languages) are each known as Indo-European langauges. -c

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NormDroid

oh dear ;P Normski. - Professional Windows Programmer

Simon Walton

Damn, I was going to impress you by pretending I knew what the word meant, but Dictionary.com doesn't have it. ;P Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024