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I have heard "bubba" used for babies, but in the north babies were "babbas". And just to go off on a slight tangent, I have been somewhat baffled recently to learn that "ta-ta" seems to be a slang word for "breast" in US English. When I lived in Manchester, a "ta-ta" was a walk, presumably because you said, "Ta-ta!" to people on setting off.