Posted by Jenny Berki on December 30, 2006 at 15:56:06 from 82.36.97.120 user JennyB.
In Reply to: Father/Daddy/Dad posted by Paul on December 27, 2006 at 22:39:57:
Seems the tradition in the Walker family is for daddy and mother! by Paul
I think the same tradition prevails in the Blackett family - N&P call their mother "Mother" and on the summit of Kanchenjunga Nancy says, "He was father" when the cache is discovered detailing Bob Blackett climbing the Matterhorn.
In CITN, the D&G's always call their parents "Dad" and "Mum", both when they are speaking directly to them, and when they are talking about them. In the narrative their parents are referred to as "father" and "mother".
It's a fact that the D&G's and the S&A's aren't from the same background. Good thing too. Shows how skilled an author AR was that he could write convincingly about any characters!