They Call Me Mijo
I took notice of this a while back. My oldest sister and older brother call me mijo. My oldest sister is 9 years older than me and my older brother is 6 years older than me. The sister that 4 years older than me doesn't call me mijo. I think my oldest siblings do call her and also my younger brother mija and mijo, respectively.
I wonder if most families do this. We have always looked to my older siblings for guidance, for some reason. We still do. I just found it interesting that they use this as a term of affection.
posted by Daily Texican at 8:41 PM
5 Comments:
Interesting.... I'm from Panama and there we use mami and papi instead of mijo/mija as terms of affection for the younger generation. Being that I grew up here, though, I call my niece (and significant other, when i have one) Mija. Which is kind of wierd when they are older than me.
1:45 AM
One of my best friends is my junior by 16 years, and she calls me mijo.
Somehow I think calling her mamita or mamacita is not going to fly.
;-)
8:14 AM
What do mijo/mija mean literally? Lots of our teachers use it but I can't figure it out. :)
5:22 PM
Ari, it literally means son.
10:17 PM
I would like to point out that the use of the word (mijo)it might be very ofensive in certain cases. I am a 30 years old Colombian and I was called mijo by a British younger person the first time a met him. I found it extremely unrespectfull as it was the first time we met and he was just calling me by his son. I literally avoid all contact with this person and all that younger people that have this annoying habit of call older people by mijo. I can not stand it.
4:14 PM
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