Is "Daddy" only applicable in the US?

[gxnn]

Happy Father's Day to every one of Literotica!
I notice that in TV dramas like "Downton Abbey", the princesses of that rural mansion addressed their father as "Papa", and that only in American TV plays can we hear the word "daddy". Elsewhere a father was even called by his son or daughter "Sir" in person or in writing, which sounds a little awkward to my ears at least, because as I understand it, it doesn't sound like father and son, but like sales clerk and customer or boss and subordinate.
Can anybody help explain for a language learner like me? Thank you.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

I can’t speak to linguistic norms outside the US, but “Daddy” in the states is usually a child’s term for their father. Somewhere in adolescence, most, but not all, will switch to “Dad.”

 

[saucyscribblings]

Daddy is perfectly normal and widely used in the UK as a child's term for their father -- and follows the same pattern ToPleaseHim notes in the US, getting shortened to Dad at some point. "Papa" as in Downton Abbey would now be terribly old-fashioned, and probably would only be used sarcastically. Maybe there are some very aristocratic families where it still happens, but I think they would be very few in number.

 

[RetroFan]

I've written stories where the main character has been a Daddy's girl, and they refer to their father as 'Daddy' in their late teens and 20s. Like in my story 'Bridget the Bossy Bridezilla' the overly-pampered Bridget and her father share a way too close and very creepy relationship that only her fiancee seems to notice. Bridget calls her father 'Daddy' and he calls her 'Princess', despite the fact Bridget is a 25-year-old dentist. The story is set in Australia.

 

[Athalia]

When I was in England in the 1970s, I heard "Daddy" from children and "Dad" from older people. "Mama" or "Papa" was still in use, but in decidedly upper-class situations, and were used to remind us of the speaker's claim to aristocracy.

 

[twister947]

I married into a family where the (adult) children addressed their parents by their first names. It took me a good bit to adjust to that. That was in the southern US.

 

[Missk_2022]

My mom refers to her father (she is 83) as daddy if speaking about him.... i.e. "daddy won the camera when he guessed the day the car would fall through the ice"...yes that is a true story

 

[Lucy_Lastic]

Downton Abbey isn't a good place to study British norms.

Most British children call their parents mummy and daddy, switching to mum and dad when they want to feel a bit grown up. I call my father dad, or daddy if I'm trying to get around him; Daddy, I need a new car... my mother i call mum some of the time but she prefers me to use her name.

 

[Taggy1]

Downton Abbey isn't a good place to study British norms.

Most British children call their parents mummy and daddy, switching to mum and dad when they want to feel a bit grown up. I call my father dad, or daddy if I'm trying to get around him; Daddy, I need a new car... my mother i call mum some of the time but she prefers me to use her name.

Is there anything else you’d do to get a new car from daddy?

 

[Lucy_Lastic]

Is there anything else you’d do to get a new car from daddy?

never needed to.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

When I was little in the 70s, there were guides to differences between UK and US English, explaining that 'Hi' means 'Hello' and 'kid' was used to mean any child without being rude... And that 'Pop' was American for Dad.

But despite my large American family I've never met any American who actually says Pop. Except in the expression 'mom-and-pop store', so I guess people must have used it at some point?

 

[longboy2022]

Happy Father's Day to every one of Literotica!
I notice that in TV dramas like "Downton Abbey", the princesses of that rural mansion addressed their father as "Papa", and that only in American TV plays can we hear the word "daddy". Elsewhere a father was even called by his son or daughter "Sir" in person or in writing, which sounds a little awkward to my ears at least, because as I understand it, it doesn't sound like father and son, but like sales clerk and customer or boss and subordinate.
Can anybody help explain for a language learner like me? Thank you.

He'll I'm British and I'm confused. When I'm ficking women, near orgasm some start calling me Daddy 'give it to me daddy' 'harder daddy'. Later I quizz them I'm not your daddy, and they clam up. Incest fantasy.

 

[jehoram]

When I was little in the 70s, there were guides to differences between UK and US English, explaining that 'Hi' means 'Hello' and 'kid' was used to mean any child without being rude... And that 'Pop' was American for Dad.

But despite my large American family I've never met any American who actually says Pop. Except in the expression 'mom-and-pop store', so I guess people must have used it at some point?

"Pop" or "Papa" is a German/Dutch import to the language. It was common among that immigrant population. My mother and her siblings called their father "Pop" and they were English/Dutch in ancestry.

 

[dmallord]

When I was little in the 70s, there were guides to differences between UK and US English, explaining that 'Hi' means 'Hello' and 'kid' was used to mean any child without being rude... And that 'Pop' was American for Dad.

But despite my large American family I've never met any American who actually says Pop. Except in the expression 'mom-and-pop store,' so I guess people must have used it at some point?

Pop is a colloquial term and a regional reference. Most often used by upper states in the midwest to the northeastern USA.

Dad, the shortened version of Daddy, as was noted, is more often used by older children, say teens and up. Sub-teens generally would use Daddy. Mothers often influence the use of Dad or Daddy when speaking with their children. As in "Go, ask your Dad.' to an older child or Daddy if addressing a minor child [agewise]. Dads are also influencers in the use of the terms, "Go, ask Mommy if you can get out of time out now."

 

[CthuluLives]

Daddy is perfectly normal and widely used in the UK as a child's term for their father -- and follows the same pattern ToPleaseHim notes in the US, getting shortened to Dad at some point. "Papa" as in Downton Abbey would now be terribly old-fashioned, and probably would only be used sarcastically. Maybe there are some very aristocratic families where it still happens, but I think they would be very few in number.

Papa is not old fashioned or sarcastic in Scotland and is still used today but has always been used as a term for grandad. My grandparents on my mother side were granny and grandad and my father's side was nana and papa. It was always helpful as everyone knew who was being referred to. When my mum knew she was going to be a grandmother one of her 1st reactions was 'im going to be Nana' staking her claim to the title before the other grandmother could get in