An old negro woman is called momma, which is a broad pronunciation of mama ; and a girl, missy. I once happened to call a young negro wench momma— "me be no momma," says she, "me had no children yet." [John Lambert, "Travels through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808," London, 1810]
一位年长的黑人女性被称为momma,这是mama的广泛发音;而女孩则称为missy。我曾经不小心叫了一位年轻的黑人女孩momma——"me be no momma,"她说,"me had no children yet." [约翰·兰伯特,《穿越下加拿大和美国的旅行,1806、1807和1808年》,伦敦,1810年]