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morethanonepage · 2 years ago

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the discourse about this on ask a manager is so funny to me, esp bc honestly “mama” is just sort of a filler word to describe a female person amongst some latin-american people. it doesn’t actually mean mom/mother specifically.

#the word you would be looking for there would be mamá #the accent DOES make a difference #if you hear an older hispanic woman (or man but honestly i mostly see this in a woman to woman convo) call you mama it won't sound the same #as when they refer to a mother in spanish #it's like the difference between papa #which can either be pope (el papa) or the potato (la papa)#vs papá #which is 'dad'#some commenter was like 'oh well i bet people only use 'mama' and not papa' so it's sexist #sounds like someone who hasn't heard everyone from their dog to their male baby cousins called 'papacito' regularly #like i guess having a knee jerk reaction to hearing mama like that when you have issuse around fertility or something make sense but like #culturally that's just not what it means!!! it's not implying someone sees you as motherly or that you should be or anything #it's like an older woman calling you sweetie or hon but honestly i find it even less of an endearment it's just like #as alison said -- a term of respect #like i go into a butcher shop and the butcher says 'what can i do for you mama'....#it's culturally very homey to me lmfao i genuinely like it better than #linda or chula

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