Father, Dad, Daddy, MALE PARENT?!
Random thought (sort of)... is calling your father 'daddy' past small-childhood a southern thing? I know it's sort of regional, but I mostly think of girls calling him 'daddy'. However, thinking about it, I don't know anybody who doesn't call their father 'daddy' (within reason). Dudes, chicks, kids, everybody says 'your daddy' or 'my daddy' or "hey daddy!" Even in high school, teenaged boys said 'my daddy' not just teen girls. Hell, I honestly can't think of anybody besides me who says "My dad's truck" or something talking about him to other people. (I cannot IMAGINE calling him 'dad', but then again, I'm the only grown person I know who calls their mother 'mommy' still. My brother and sisters dont call her mommy, just me)
I've never thought about it cause it's just so 'normal', but EVERYBODY says 'daddy'. My father is 47 years old and he still says "Hey daddy *rest of sentence*" to his nearly 80 year old father. If somebody wants to ask me something about him, they will say "Is that your daddy's truck?" or "Did your daddy do that?" never 'your dad' or 'your father'. It's always mama and daddy.
I've never thought about it cause it's just so 'normal', but EVERYBODY says 'daddy'. My father is 47 years old and he still says "Hey daddy *rest of sentence*" to his nearly 80 year old father. If somebody wants to ask me something about him, they will say "Is that your daddy's truck?" or "Did your daddy do that?" never 'your dad' or 'your father'. It's always mama and daddy.