Readers: Tells Us About Your Dad, Send Photos For Father's Day

AUSTIN, TX — Papá. Father. Papito. Pops. My old man. Daddy. Dad. However you refer to your father, we'd like to learn more about him. Fathers Day, as you might know, is this coming Sunday, June 17.

Father's Day is right around the corner, and we'd like to see pictures of your dad. Perhaps you might send us a classic photo of your dad at the grill. Or maybe look-a-like sons can send pictures of the two generations posing together. For the camera-shy dads, you could send us your dad's favorite joke.

In short, we'd like to hear from you! We'll publish the pictures ahead of the holiday for all to enjoy. Send pics/jokes to antonio.cantu@patch.com. While you're at it, feel free to subscribe to your favorite Patch site to get daily news summaries sent to your email along with the occasional breaking alert.

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With your pictures, include identifying information and where you're from. Tell us a little about dad if you get so inspired.

The author's family, including dad. To dad's left, his future journalist son (in matching red shirt) ever trying to emulate his old man in a Quixotic (yet worthwhile) quest to measure up that continues unabated all these many years later.

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It's almost time to celebrate dad, and we want to help you do it! So how do you say "dad" in other parts of the world? WordPress published a list of ways people refer to their fathers in different corners of the world:

1. Yiddish : tatti ; tay ; foter ; tateh
2. Welsh : tad
3. Venetian : pare ; popà ; ‘opà ; pupà ; papà
4. Turkish : baba
5. Spanish : papá ; viejo ; tata
6. Swahili : baba ; mzazi
7. Swedish : pappa
8. Slovak : otec
9. Slovenian : ôèe
10. Sicilian : patri
11. Sanskrit : tàtah ; janak
12. Russian : papa
13. Romanian : tata ; parinte ; taica
14. Polish : tata ; ojciec
15. Portuguese : pai
16. Persian/Farsi : pedar, pitar ; simply baabaa
17. Norwegian : pappa ; far
18. Nepali : buwa
19. Maori : haakoro ; kohake
20. Mandarin Chinese : baba
21. Malay : bapa
22. Latvian : tevs
23. Latin : pater ; papa ; atta
24. Lithuanian : tevas ; pradininkas ; protevis
25. Korean: abonim, aboji, appa
26. Japanese : otosan, papa
27. Italian : babbo
28. Irish : athair ; daidí
29. Indonesian : bapa ; ayah ; pak
30. Hungarian : apa ; apu ; papa ; édesapa
31. Hindi : papa ; pita-ji
32. Hebrew : abba(h)
33. German : banketi, papi
34. French : papa
35. Finnish : isä
36. Filipino : tatay, itay, tay ; ama
37. Estonian : isa
38. English : father ; dad ; daddy ; pop ; poppa ; papa
39. Dutch : vader ; papa ; pappie
40. Czech : táta, otec
41. Croatian : otac
42. Bosnian : otac
43. Brazilian Portuguese : pai
44. Arabic : babba ; yebba ; abbi (classical)
45. Afrikaans : vader

>>> Top photo: The late Felipe L. Cantú, the author's father. Read more about him by clicking here.