[ptk]

I believed for years that my good friend’s dad’s name was Aba and even called him that once before I realized later that it’s the Hebrew word for father.

I had been having complex thoughts for years at that point so it was a bit embarrassing.

[atum47]

I see that you've been skipping Sunday school...

[PaulDavisThe1st]

Not sure that Torah school is on Sunday ...

[parkthomp]

It definitely is. Shabbos is on Friday and Saturday. - Observant jew.

Edit: I’ll clarify that in some rare instances, reform Jewish centered programs have Hebrew school on Saturday, though it’s much more rare.

[atum47]

Romans 8:15

[harryp_peng]

Technically 'daddy' is a name. A name is fundamentally just a label that we use to identify other people and objects. Post Malone, your first and last name are part of the universal naming system like the Kilometer, and 'daddy' is a personal system relative to the conscious experience of the user.

[psychoslave]

People most often can easily can handle that there is a qualitative difference between common and proper name.

[samatman]

"daddy" is a kinship term, or familial title. It's a noun, and a mode of address, but it isn't a name, technically or otherwise. There are a few posts in this very thread about children realizing that "daddy" isn't just their father, but anyone's.

Much like when you refer to a doctor as "doc", or a professor as "professor".

To prove the point, there are people who have more than one person in their lives whom they call "Dad" or whatever variation. Raised by a gay couple, or close enough to a stepfather to think of him in those terms. Most of us only have one "Dad", but this isn't universal, and we all know that everyone has one, whether they refer to him that way, or even know him at all.