“I actually overheard some (American goyish) kids at the airport not long ago calling their parents “Father” and “Mother”!
My wife and I looked at each other.
It was like something from Charles Dickens!”
Several years ago, I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my co-worker refer to her mother-in-law as “Mrs. ‘Smith’. I thoughr that was little too formal for my liking. Can’t say I have ever heard any Yidden do that.