MOM??????? WTF??

newmills

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

m83

it's MA!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

newmills wrote: »

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

Anyone using the phrase "Your Ma/Mammy/Mother/Mum/Mom/Mater/whatever would be proud of you" aged less than sixty and speakign to anyone over ten should be shot. It's worse than "your ma".

newmills

Sorry forgot about good old ma - not yore ma but ma will do great!!

Huggles

I say Mam when talking to my Mam but say Mum when asking someone how their Mum is.

Mom is just wrong.

Blush_01

Compare the pronunciation of Mom with the pronunciation of Mamaí in Síle Seoige's accent.

Mom is common enough in the south and west midlands, fyi.

If you ban Mom, I'm banning mam (which sounds vulgar imho), oul wan and "oul doll" .

Genghiz Cohen

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Anyone using the phrase "Your Ma/Mammy/Mother/Mum/Mom/Mater/whatever would be proud of you" aged less than sixty and speakign to anyone over ten should be shot. It's worse than "your ma".

Oh yeah?
Yore MA!

Karl Hungus

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

Jimbo

Mom is fairly common where I come from

Crann na Beatha

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newmills

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

Yeah loads of things like the recession, bad infrastructure, poor television, bad manners - the list goes on. This is just a bit of "light hearted" banter. Relax the head.

TequilaMockingBird

I'm called Mom, she even spells it Mom. I'm outraged. I am a Ma thankyouverymuch.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

it's AH. Another more serious and some mod moves it tro a more approriate forum.

javaboy

newmills wrote: »

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

Mum? Seriously that's just as bad as Mom. You were going good until then.

Aidric

I've always used Mom...for cash.

newmills

javaboy wrote: »

Mum? Seriously that's just as bad as Mom. You were going good until then.

I think mum is ok as it's not americanized like MOM. I still work with the oul doll - especially when I phone the oul lad and tell him to stick the oul doll on til I hear who's dead at home!!:D

Berty

m83 wrote: »

it's MA!

Who's Ma?

Yer Ma!!!!

Nodin

Blush_01 wrote: »

If you ban Mom, I'm banning mam (which sounds vulgar imho),

As an ex-builder, I'd be horrified to think there was some vulgar term I was unfamiliar with, particularily with regards to the gentler sex. Yet nothing like "mam" comes to mind.....

Davidius

I sometimes refer to her as "Mawm" is an exaggerated american accent. Because I think it's funny and that's all that matters.

Normally I just call her mother. When speaking to others I just use mum seeing as that's all anybody seems to understand.

Toto Wolfcastle

I say 'mom' but spell it 'mum' and when I talk about someone else's mother I say 'mum' or 'mother' and not 'yore ma'. Most people I know say 'mom'.

Right now, I'm calling her 'mupphead' though.

Earthhorse

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

Gawd, you sound just like my mom. La-hame!

P.C.

I call my mother, mom or mother. I sometimes refer to her as the 'Old Lady'.

If I called her mum, mam, mammy or mummy, I would get a flat hand against the side of the head from her first, then from my father, followed by a lectuer on how I should respect her.

KnifeWRENCH

I've always called mine Mam. Although it's impossible to find birthday/Christmas cards with "Mam" on them so she has to make do with "Mum" for cards.
To me, "Mom" is too American, "Mum" makes her sound like a toff and "Mother" makes her sound about 90!

I know a girl who calls her parents by their first names - I think that's really weird.

Toto Wolfcastle

square_igloo wrote: »

I've always called mine Mam. Although it's impossible to find birthday/Christmas cards with "Mam" on them so she has to make do with "Mum" for cards.

I know a girl who calls her parents by their first names - I think that's really weird.

I call my mother by her first name on occasion. It's usually just for the laugh, and she doesn't get offended by it or anything.

Ruu_Old

Mam or Mammy (Mumsie sometimes but only in a Richard O'Brien Crystal Maze fashion ), never ever Mom though living in America it still makes me cringe when hearing a kid shouting for his/her Mom when working in the library. *blood boils*

tolosenc

It's "mum". Sorry if I'm just a little bit more middle class than most of you skobes, but that's the way it is...

Sofaspud

Mom, as an American term, was brough to America by the Irish. It's taken from "mhamai", the Irish word for it. So Mom is more Irish than Mum, which is a bastardised english version of it.

I heard that from somewhere, possibly while drunk, and it seems plausible so I choose to believe it!

I call mine ma though.

Davidius

obl wrote: »

skobes

No.

kieranfitz

Jesus Irish people useing mom or mum goes through my head.

Ticktactoe

The auld one, the contrary one, the dominator...... na wouldn't please her! Do call her Ma if im roaring looking for her, mam generally or mammy if im asking daddy where she is!
If im asking someone else how their 'one' is id say mother...
If i called the auld one by her first name i would get a salamander into the middle of next week! :eek:

keane2097

I have suspected for some time now that some people will complain about absolutely anything.

This confirms it.

Also, thanks for keeping us up to date on what's going on with Síle Seoige...

emeraldstar

newmills wrote: »

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

Meh. My mom is my mom.

javaboy

keane2097 wrote: »

I have suspected for some time now that some people will complain about absolutely anything.

That's a massive generalisation. :mad:

giggsy664

javaboy wrote: »

Mum? Seriously that's just as bad as Mom. You were going good until then.

Burn him at the stake?

Meet me at the rooftop at 0800 hours. Bring just Some wood.


And some viagra

javaboy

giggsy664 wrote: »

Bring just Some wood.


And some viagra

♫You can't have one without the oth-er.♫

themonk

Síle Seoige... hot mom

Call Me Jimmy

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

What if we don't Karl... what if we don't?


Personally, I believe an Irish person that says MOM is WORSE than Hitler. It's pretty close but "MOM" users pip the fuhrer to the post.

Hellm0

Mother Mom Mam
Father Dad Pops

Above are the terms I use. I challenge anyone who disputes the validity of my use of said terms to a knife fight.

javaboy

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Personally, I believe an Irish person that says MOM is WORSE than Hitler. It's pretty close but "MOM" users pip the fuhrer to the post.

Even Hitler had the decency to call Germany the Fatherland (or Vaterland) and not The Ould Man's Land or Mumsland or something equally reprehensible.

Call Me Jimmy

This is what I'm sayin, he got a few things right. Hitler wouldn't be caught dead in south dublin saying "mom". FACT.

marius

Given the title I thought this thread was going to be waaaay more interesting...

Lola123

I say mom, but on cards etc it;s always "to mam".
I don't really get why ppl are bothered by this whole "mom" thing. I think hearing someone who's over the age of 5 referring to their parents as "mammy and daddy" is a million times worse. it gives me the creeps!!!:eek:

Piste

Sofaspud wrote: »

Mom, as an American term, was brough to America by the Irish. It's taken from "mhamai", the Irish word for it. So Mom is more Irish than Mum, which is a bastardised english version of it.

I heard that from somewhere, possibly while drunk, and it seems plausible so I choose to believe it!

I call mine ma though.

Yeah I was just about to say in some Irish dialects "mhamai" is pronounced "wommy" so it makes sense that "mam" would translate as "mom".

Abi

marius wrote: »

Given the title I thought this thread was going to be waaaay more interesting...

Me too :-/

I use Mom, Mum and I refer to her as Mother if Im angry with her. Maaa is too sheepy/skobie. Or sex noises of a skobie shagging a sheepy.. Just wrong :-/

/Runs

abelard

marius wrote: »

Given the title I thought this thread was going to be waaaay more interesting...

I have no idea why, but the first thing I thought of upon seeing the thread title was "Maughing out Moud!?"

Davidius

Abigayle wrote: »

Me too :-/

I use Mom, Mum and I refer to her as Mother if Im angry with her. Maaa is too sheepy/skobie. Or sex noises of a skobie shagging a sheepy.. Just wrong :-/

/Runs

When I get into power I'm going to ban the word "skobe" or similar variants.

"Sheepy"?

Dave147

Yep I've always used Mom, but then again I'd be more upper class.. The vermin that habitate in the North area of the city would generally be the people heard shouting "MAAAM, MAAAAAAAAAAAAM, WHAT DA FU*K DA YA WANT YA ****IN EEJIT!"

Abi

Davidius wrote: »

When I get into power I'm going to ban the word "skobe" or similar variants.
Sheepy?

Sheepy, sheepish, sheep-like.

So. When you gets teh powah, what are you going to replace it with? ;-)

Blackjack

Piste wrote: »

Yeah I was just about to say in some Irish dialects "mhamai" is pronounced "wommy" so it makes sense that "mam" would translate as "mom".

This is indeed correct.

javaboy

Abigayle wrote: »

Sheepy, sheepish, sheep-like.

So. When you gets teh powah, what are you going to replace it with? ;-)

What's wrong with ovine?

Abi

javaboy wrote: »

What's wrong with ovine?

Not a thing :-)

mine had a better ring to it, I thought though.

;-)