Anyone else hear annoyed when people do this? i always thought we called her mam, the English mum (possible exeption in the north-east) and the yanks mom, is it a middle/upper class English wannabe thing or what?
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Anyone else hear annoyed when people do this? i always thought we called her mam, the English mum (possible exeption in the north-east) and the yanks mom, is it a middle/upper class English wannabe thing or what?
Well, I call mine mum, and my cousins in Sligo do too. I'd like to think that none of us have any delusions of grandeur!
110% with ye on this one!! i hate it!!!
I was going to post a similar thread... i hate the middle class term. Mummy! Mummy says... Heard a posh child on the train saying that on the train the other day. It really gets on my t!ts for some reason. I call mine Mammy, or Mum. Dot mind Mom so much though.
I've never heard anyone say Mummy and if i did i'd hit them, regardless of age.
Mam all the way although i used say Mom when i was ickle.
Mam thats what I use....
The Old Lady for me.
I call mine ma or mom...
Ma and ma only when i'm talking to her,if i called her anything else my brothers would beat the sh*te out of me.
When i'm refering to her in conversation,it's me Aul wan.
mum for me, always has, always will be.
Always think it's only buffs that say mammy:D. Tis mum for me.
C*rist have you lot little to be worrying about? Who cares if someone calls there mother mum or mam
Didn't we have this thread last year?
Mum here. I always though Mam was very knackerish. Hate Mom.
adam
I call my mother by her name.
I now feel very weird.....
thats cos you are redarmy
Thats the spirit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Unless it was your newborn, osarusan.
Somehow, ミイラ just doesn't have that annoying ring to it.
Best of luck.
I call mine Mam back home but call her her Mum when I'm referring to her over here. I used to cringe at the word Mummy before I moved away from Cork but now that I'm enveloped in it over here in Scotland I prefer the word Mum. My little boy refers to his mother as Mum.
Sometimes I hear my brothers calling my Mam "Mammy" and it just sounds all babyish to me.
Ma.
When I was a kiddo it was Mammy. My Dad I call Dad or sometimes I call him Kevin.
Has to be a posh middle class English thing. Vaguely related topic, a posh guy in my old job insists that Mother's Day is always "Mothering Sunday" which baffles me!
Not on your own OneRedArmy, I call her by her name, too. When refering to her in the third person, I would tend to call her as either "me Ma" or "my Mother", depending on the context.
That's what I call mine when I'm shouting a question at her. MA!? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
I think a lot of people in Cork use mum, when referring to their mother. If I was trying to get her attention though, I'd say ma or mam.
I use "Mam" talking to her or about her. So does my brother.
Went through a phase when I was a kid of using "ma" like my mates but soon had that beaten out of me; she can't stand it. My sister calls her "Mum", though, which is weird.
Might be okay for girls ... I'm not sure. My 4-year-old calls her mother "mam".
Mam or ma. Mum is symptomatic of our 'Britishness'. When I was a kid only the very posh used mum, now it seems to be everywhere.
KOH
I've heard this britishness thing before, I don't get it. I'm only 34 and we've always called my mother 'mum', and we're hardly posh.
adam
What about calling your teacher mam/mummy/mum when you were in school?
We've all done it!!! Instant ridicule for an undetermined period of time.
Oh jesus, I did that to my art teacher in 2nd or 3rd year in Douglas Comm. Luckily it wasn't in class, but I nearly died! Sorry about that Mrs Daly! :)
2nd or 3rd year? :eek: That has to be a record, Daddy.
Late bloomer. :)
Obviously my opinion is based on Dublin. Cork, as ever, is a whole other ball game. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
KOH
Always used 'mum' myself, as have both my sisters, even being Dublin born & bred i cant say i ever noticed it being out of place!
Curious as to how people refer to their father, t'was alway 'dad' for us though most of my mates growing up would use 'da'....
or 'mongo' as one of my closer mates refers to his, i kid you not!!
Koh
Mine's always been Mum but that's probably because she's English. I don't seem to remember anyone else in rural Limerick using it. In fact I remember one Christian Brother taking the pi$$ out of me in front of the whole class because I didn't say Mammy like a proper Irishman. Of course the bigoted ba$tard was the first to kiss her ar$e at the parent-teacher meetings.
This is turning into a bit of a group therapy thing.
Dislike Mom, like movie, gas (instead of petrol), etc. That's all very well if you're American but we've our own vocabulary thank you very much.
must be all the yank tourists to kerry that shaped my vernacular then as i'm an unabashed 'mom' man :) for me, mum is way too posh, private school rubbish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Over the post
A whole other country boy, a whole other country!Quote:
Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
Whatever about your mother, I call my dad dad, which sounds a bit embarrassing if i'm in the pub or something.
I'm with you on that teacher thing.
Often call my girlf mam (especially if she's in the kitchen).
Ma and Da and i can honestly say i've never ever refered to them as Mam,Mum or Dad respectively
You're very lucky, Anthony; most children only have a Mam and a Dad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anto McC
"the mother" :cool:
ive noticed most sligonians say mum while mayo folk say mam....strange one
mum for me, can't believe those sligo ones are copying us fermanagh folk again! :rolleyes: :D
Mam always sounds a bit dub knackerish :eek: