Yes, English is a wonderful language. What other language can you say "They're putting their stuff over there.", and make perfect sense.
This
If Dad is Pop, how come! Mom isn't Mop?
reminds me of when my oldest daughter was just learning to talk. She started calling her grandfather (my father)
Pop Pop. My mom said that she just wanted Skye to call her
anything but changed her mind for some reason when she became
Mop Mop for a few days.
Frank