Terms Of Endearment.

[Tilly2]

I have just been speaking to my Aunty up in Stoke. When she answered the phone she said, 'Hello, tater pot. Are you alright?'

It makes me smile to think that she still thinks of me as a tater pot. Sometimes it's 'sugar plum.'
Please don't anyone ask me what a tater pot is. I'm sure it's not the saucepan used for boiling potatoes. :-)

What endearments do you receive from relatives/friends?

[MissTerious2]

None, not even from OH. We don't even call each other dear, darling, sweetheart etc. Etc. My dad called me Pigeon when I was very little. Don't know why.

I have one young friend who calls everybody Hun. It makes me cringe!

[Tilly2]

Oh! I like Pigeon, that's lovely.
I agree with 'Hun' being annoying.

[LadyCG]

OH calls me darling.

Sometimes he grabs my bum and says, "Fancy a curry."

[Tilly2]

What's your reply to 'Fancy a curry?'

[MissTerious2]

One think I hate is being called dear or darling by younger people I don't know, like some nursing assistants in recent weeks. Call me by my name please!

[Bobbisox1]

e….calls me ‘Dolly’ or sometimes ‘Daisy’

[Bobbisox1]

* he

[steg]

//My dad called me Pigeon when I was very little. Don't know why. //

Up here people call each other pigeon a lot..
Comes from “.. love you like a doo” (love you like I do)

Doo in Scotland is a pigeon

[LadyCG]

I just roll my eyes, Tilly. It's from OFAH.

[Buenchico]

I hope that your aunt has sought permission to call you 'TaterPot'. It's a registered trademark!
https://www.mygardenlife.com/plant-library/3510/solanum/tuberosum

[fitdarren]

Sugar plum takes me back, when me and my sibling were little, our Nana used to call us sugar plum and rosie bud.

[gness]

A stór or Aghrá. Waiting for Dave to start using some as his Irish is becoming good.

[andy-hughes]

The universal affectionate label in our house is 'Babe'.

My wife and I use it to each other, and to all our children and grandchildren.

All our daughters use it to their partners, except one, who likes to be different.

[Bobbisox1]

No offence Andy and each to their own but I really dislike that term ( sorry)

[Tilly2]

I call Dylan 'Babe'.

'Shall we go for a walk, Babe? Do you want a biscuit, Babe.'
I think he thinks his name is Babe.

[Tilly2]

Another Stokie endearment is, 'You little raghead!'

I think it might be racist, not sure.

[Bobbisox1]

For whatever reason Babe makes me think of Gemma Collins who used it every other word

[Tilly2]

Gness, translation please treasure.

[Buenchico]

>>> I think it might be racist, not sure

Yup! Sure is!
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/raghead

Somebody should have told Prince Harry though. From the Guardian in 2009:
https://postimg.cc/Jy0kLKXg

(Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/12/prince-harry-video-pakistani )

[Buenchico]

>>> Gness, translation please treasure

Is that just coincidence, Tilly, or did you know that "A stór" translates as "My treasure"?
https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/irish-endearments/

("Aghrá" means "My love")