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She's American. I was asking if this is an oddity of US culture. To my (non-US) ears it just sounds childish, like saying 'yummie' or calling your parents 'mumm
by aussiesnack 4y ago
She's American. I was asking if this is an oddity of US culture. To my (non-US) ears it just sounds childish, like saying 'yummie' or calling your parents 'mummy/daddy'.
- fy20 4y agoYou would hate my country's language then. Diminutives are used in everyday conversation by adults, for no reason other than it sounds more fun.
- aussiesnack 4y agoWhat language? Sounding fun and inappropriately childish aren't necessarily the same thing - though language pragmatics are vastly complex and are easier to embody than really explain. Anyway I'd probably be more curious than judgemental about a language I'm not a native speaker of. English is my own language, which is a different matter. The locution sounds inappropriately childish to me, so I was wondering if this was just the norm in the US (which often is oddly prim in some ways, wildly licentious in others, compared to some other English-speaking places).