What do you call your parents?

az2wp0sye65487

Some people refer to their parents as "The Aul Pair" "Mam & Dad" "Ma & Da" "The Folks" and I'm sure there are many others....

But I was in a shop the other day and a bloke in the queue behind me was on his phone..... I'd say he was in his mid to late 20's - and he was saying "I'm going to pick Mammy up on the way home" ...... who calls them Mammy & Daddy at that age???

star-pants

I'm 25 and I call my mother 'Mother' and my dad 'Dad'... and I don't think that'll ever change

Random

Uncle and Sister.

RonMexico

"You there at the sink get me a cup of tea."

ah no - Mom & Dad

Run_to_da_hills

I call my old man the old bo**ilx because that is what he is. :pac:

liah

Mom or mum. I've lived in Ireland about seven months now and I've never actually heard anyone say "mam".. it just sounds so incredibly strange to me.

shezzie

mom and dad - if i call them mother or father they go mad - as for mummy or daddy they would think i was gone abit mad - i am 32 got outta saying mummy and daddy bout aged hhmmm no sorry never said mummy or daddy - too pompous

Gummy Panda

The birth givers

marko91

ma, da:D

Sanjuro

Mam and Dead*









*The auld fella popped his clogs last year.

marko91

Heavenly Eager Seaweed wrote: »

Some people refer to their parents as "The Aul Pair" "Mam & Dad" "Ma & Da" "The Folks" and I'm sure there are many others....

But I was in a shop the other day and a bloke in the queue behind me was on his phone..... I'd say he was in his mid to late 20's - and he was saying "I'm going to pick Mammy up on the way home" ...... who calls them Mammy & Daddy at that age???

maby he was on the fone to his young child talking aout his girlfriend?im shure alot of people call their other halfs mummy when talking to their kids

Terry

When referring to them to others, I call them mother and father.
When they were alive, I called them Ma and Da.

norwegianwood

Sanjuro wrote: »

Mam and Dead*









*The auld fella popped his clogs last year.

Tasteful.....:rolleyes:

az2wp0sye65487

liah wrote: »

Mom or mum. I've lived in Ireland about seven months now and I've never actually heard anyone say "mam".. it just sounds so incredibly strange to me.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "mom" in real life..... definitely not anyone Irish - except on Boards, but then I don't know their nationalities. I always assumed that "mom" had some American influence?... Anyone?

az2wp0sye65487

marko91 wrote: »

maby he was on the fone to his young child talking aout his girlfriend?im shure alot of people call their other halfs mummy when talking to their kids

Not that I was Ear-wigging or anything but judging by his conversation he wasn't talking to anyone's kids....

My name is URL

The auld Führer

havana

liah wrote: »

Mom or mum. I've lived in Ireland about seven months now and I've never actually heard anyone say "mam".. it just sounds so incredibly strange to me.

mam and dad - in my family thats considered posh - most say ma and da.

Mom is just .... weird.

Some of my friends do say mammy alright - though they are all from outside Dublin. No one I know in Dublin says Mammy!!!

seanybiker

star-pants wrote: »

I'm 25 and I call my mother 'Mother' and my dad 'Dad'... and I don't think that'll ever change

Yes it will. You will be 26 next birthday. I still call em mam and dad

Shacklebolt

Mam and Mick.

regob

mum and dad

XxXciaraxXx

I call em mam and dad!

My mam (48) still calls her mam 'mammy'!

regob

XxXciaraxXx wrote: »

I call em mam and dad!

My mam (48) still calls her mam 'mammy'!

thats cool

DW7

I say Mam and Dad. I agree that mammy and daddy are mainly used by people outside Dublin. Ma and Da is a real city thing to say. I would also like to add that the only people that i know who say mum are posh people.

O.A.P

Mam and himself

regob

why would ya call your da himself

marko91

Heavenly Eager Seaweed wrote: »

Not that I was Ear-wigging or anything but judging by his conversation he wasn't talking to anyone's kids....

ah kk guess youd know it wasnt a kid by the conversation....im guessing he was really posh?

cozmik

DW7 wrote: »

I would also like to add that the only people that i know who say mum are posh people.

I'm not posh! How dare you old boy say such a thing.

Sanjuro

norwegianwood wrote: »

Tasteful.....:rolleyes:

Knowing my father, he'd have laughed at that.

JayeL

Mam and Dad, but my OH (from Kerry) calls her mother Mom. It's not an Americanism, quite normal in those parts.

They also shorten Michael to Mike instead of Mick.

O.A.P

regob wrote: »

why would ya call your da himself

Dont know always have my brothers too

Pinky Pixie

It depends on what the moment calls for...

If I am looking for hugs its "hug me mother".....If I'm pissed off it's "feck off mam"....If I'm talking about her it's "the mammy"...if I want something it's "Mammmmmmmmy"

Its pretty much "Daddddddddddddddddddy" for everything ...love my pops

Ruu_Old

Mammai and Daddai.

pandamoanium

Mom & Dad for me!

NewFrockTuesday

Milly & Coco.

Legends in their own lifetimes. Wouldnt swap them for the world....even if they are completly bonkers. Theyd love to be called something as normal as Mum & Dad, but they know its just not fiesable at this late stage

Its strange being the (relatively) normal child of two nutcases.

Professey Chin

I just call them the Elders

Shanotheslayer

Ma and Da:)

live2thewire

mummy and daddy

Sharpshooter

Deepsense wrote: »

Milly & Coco.

Legends in their own lifetimes. Wouldnt swap them for the world....even if they are completly bonkers. Theyd love to be called something as normal as Mum & Dad, but they know its just not fiesable at this late stage

Its strange being the (relatively) normal child of two nutcases.

Ma is no longer with us, but she was a mad wagon and all my friends called her Ma, too.
Da is my Hero and I love him to bits.

Ma once went for a pee behind a hedge on the way home from the local, left me as lookout.
Anyway, the conversation went something like this.

Me: ffs Ma, will you hurry up.

Ma: I'm trying, but I can't get my tights down past my knees.

Me: Jaysus Ma , There is someone coming.

Ma: Fcuk.

Ma: Screaming, oh my arse!!!!!!!!!

She had sat in a bed of nettles and came running out from behind the hedge, knickers around her ankles and I was fcuking mortified.

The couple that passed us by tried not to laugh, but failed miserably.:o

Oh, I miss the daft person that was Ma.

KeyLimePie

wasn't there a thread about this recently.......................................

and mommy and daddy =D

V9

There was indeed.


Ma and Da when talking to them directly, Teh Mother or teh Father when speaking of them in the third person, by their name or the aul lad or aul wan when im angry with them directly or in third person respectively.

brillianthenry

Sorry everyone but it is officially 'mam and dad' in ireland,be it country or city, nothing else. i dont want anyone saying "well actually i say...." because you're wrong. If you call them by their name you're posh, if you say mummy or daddy you're posh.....



MAM and DAD!!!

Heraldoffreeent

When i was older than 17/18, i began to call them Mary and Jack,now its just Jack left and I miss Mary.

Super-Rush

Divorced

Patrickisperfec

Heavenly Eager Seaweed wrote: »

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "mom" in real life..... definitely not anyone Irish - except on Boards, but then I don't know their nationalities. I always assumed that "mom" had some American influence?... Anyone?

ye ,ive never heard anyone in ireland calling their mam Mom, it is an american thing.

Audrey*

If talking to them I call my father by his first name but call my mother mam. If talking about them to others I'd call them my mother and father. Could never call my mother mum or mom. It feels wrong!

holly1

Up until the age of twelve I called mine mamma and dadda,then mam and dad.My hubby still refers to his mam as mummy(RIP).My lot call me mam and hubby dad,not sure what they call us out of ear shot!!!!!

r3nu4l

Mam and Dad for me. 'Mum' is just too pretentious and West-Brit for me...of course, having lived in England for nigh on 5 years now, I'm getting used to it but a small part of me still wants to punch every kid I hear saying 'Mum'

Hagar

I used to call them Ma and Da but not any more.

jaffa20

I use Mammy and Daddy. It's just how us culchies say it. Ma and Da is such a dub and slightly knackery way of saying it. Mum and Dad is a D4 way of saying it.

Hagar

Knackery? Thanks for the judgement.
Please send me your list of approved words and phrases so I can save myself further social embarassment.

Aisling(",)

they're Ma and Da

but if i want something or am introducing them or something they graduate to getting an extra letter,Mam and Dad.