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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Tribe View Post
    Mam always sounds a bit dub knackerish
    Oi!

    In Dublin semiotics, "mam" is the upper working-class to middle-lower middle-class word; "ma" is the 'rest-of' working-class word; "mum" is the upper-lower middle-class to lower upper-class word; the PDs refer to their natural parents in the European language du jour.


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    I bet Mams rashers taste better than Mums bacon!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anto McC View Post
    Ma and Da and i can honestly say i've never ever refered to them as Mam,Mum or Dad respectively
    Agreed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Erstwhile Bóz View Post
    Oi!

    In Dublin semiotics, "mam" is the upper working-class to middle-lower middle-class word; "ma" is the 'rest-of' working-class word; "mum" is the upper-lower middle-class to lower upper-class word; the PDs refer to their natural parents in the European language du jour.

    heh heh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Risteard View Post
    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).
    Can't thing of any real alternatives to Dad or Da.

    As for calling your better half Mam, well, I'm sure Freud would have a lot to say about that
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    Quote Originally Posted by Over the post View Post
    As for calling your better half Mam,
    Ah I heard its not that unusual at all in Cork!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OneRedArmy View Post
    I call my mother by her name.

    I now feel very weird.....
    I hate that with a passion.
    My little one called me by my name y-day coz she hears mrs. Raptors two call me by it and I gave out to her (which I very rarely have to)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Over the post View Post
    Can't thing of any real alternatives to Dad or Da.

    As for calling your better half Mam, well, I'm sure Freud would have a lot to say about that
    Quote Originally Posted by BohsPartisan View Post
    Ah I heard its not that unusual at all in Cork!
    Ah ya.
    He was dead right.
    People say they're like twins.*
    Luckily my mam is a fine yoke.




    *not true.
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    Was always Ma or Mam.

    Must be a Dub Northside thing. Any kid referring to Mum or Mummy would have got some stick!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by dahamsta View Post
    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.

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    hardly posh? you called most of cork "knackerish". fair play for someone with a link to your cork slang dictionary in your signature.
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    Mam for me, don't mind mom, can't stand mum

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    She is my Mum. He is my Dad. But if am talking to someone about them I will say my Mother and my Father.

    My kids call me Mum but call their dad by his first name. My eldest went thro a phase calling me by my first name and I didnt mind coz I thought it was good for them to realise that yes I was their mother but I had another identity as a person in the real world too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Risteard View Post
    Luckily my mam is a fine yoke.
    She is indeed.
    Did you ever notice that in every painting of Adam & Eve, they have belly buttons. Think about that...take as long as you want.

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    I call her Mammy. Mainly because she hates being called Ma. When referring to her I call her Ma.
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    Yo te quiero, mi querida. Sin tus besos, yo soy nada.

    Abri o portăo de ouro, da maquina do tempo.

    Mi mamá me hizo guapo, listo y antimadridista.

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    The Mother

    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
    Was always Ma or Mam.

    Must be a Dub Northside thing. Any kid referring to Mum or Mummy would have got some stick!!!
    Mum sounds so ridiculous...the first time I ever heard anyone in this country using the term was my first day in UCD, mainly used by the D4 brigade.But I goy used to it, no harm in it HOWEVER, I've heard that Ray D'arcy clown saying it and it sounds so f ucking stupid. He is from the country so it should be Mam, but no its f ucking Mum with him . He is a f ucking sickner
    Its snobby and ridiculous.Its Mam or Ma in our house.

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    what about 'mom'

    mom and dad always

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    "Mum" for her.

    "Da" for him (never "Dad", no idea why).

    My Da uses "Yer ma" when he's talking to me about my Mum.

    "The folks" when referring to the pair of them. Even my sister-in-law uses that term now but refers to her own as "my parents" - handy for separating the two sets.

    "Mummy" is what my wee nieces call their Mum, though they've both been born and reared in the south of England so that's not surprising. Don't ask me where they get "Granpaw" from, though, for referring to either of their Grandas, to the best of my knowledge, neither of my nieces has ever been to Alabama.
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    Ma and Da appears to be a Dub thing.

    On a separate note, I've been known to call my male sibling "our kid".
    Doubtlessly a by-product of my mid-late 90s attempt at being Noel Gallagher.
    City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.

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    Well my brothers have always been known as "our boys" and they call me & my sister "our dolls".

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    if im talking to her its mum prob cos she is english, talking to him its dad, talking about them its de mudder and de oul fella

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