What do you call your folks?

ashyle

I call mine Mam and Da. What do you call them, I have a friend who calls them *gasp* by their real names, it's weird!

stepbar

Ma and Da. As for phone entries it "Me Ma" and "Me Da". Occasionally I'll call Me Ma "Goan" (real name Joan)...

Redzer7

Ma/Da, or "me owlfella/owlone" .

Captain Havoc

ashyle wrote: »

I call mine Mam and Da. What do you call them, I have a friend who calls them *gasp* by their real names, it's weird!

I wish I was more intelligent to come up with a yore ma joke, but I'm blocked.

I also call mine ma & da.

lisa_celtic

Mother- Mammy
Father- "Firstname+Surname"

No reason atall only thats what I call him

4zn76tysfajdxp

Mom and Dad.

stepbar

Redzer7 wrote: »

Ma/Da, or "me owlfella/owlone" .

Me Ma doesn't like me calling Me Da the "ould lad".

Ruu_Old

Maw and paw*, hyuck, hyuck!

*really Mam (sometimes Mumsie for the laugh and her reaction) and Dad

phasers

Mam and Dad

tony1kenobi

ashyle wrote: »

I call mine Mam and Da. What do you call them, I have a friend who calls them *gasp* by their real names, it's weird!

Only if their real names are Kal-El and Bruce Wayne.

I call mine maw and paw......except when I owe them money.

ashyle

Ruu wrote: »

Maw and paw*, hyuck, hyuck!

*really Mam (sometimes Mumsie for the laugh and her reaction) and Dad

Hah I'm the same, it's 'Mother' when I'm in a mood with her :P

mud

Mam and Da/Dad/Daddy/DaddyDearest

I call her Maaaaa when I'm messin'

admiralofthefleet

ma

Duff

Aul doll - Mother. Aul fella - Father. Aul pair - both.

Dudess

Mum most of the time/Mam the odd time (I mostly address her as "Mum" but nearly always refer to her as "my Mam" when mentioning her to others - don't know why, it's something I've always done), Dad (obviously).

I don't think anyone outside Dublin (bar perhaps the counties bordering it) refers to their parents as "Ma"/"Da".

Jim

Mother and Dad.

Although my mother doesn't like "mother", she thinks it sounds patronising.

stepbar

Dudess wrote: »

Mum most of the time/Mam the odd time (I mostly address her as "Mum" but nearly always refer to her as "my Mam" when mentioning her to others - don't know why, it's something I've always done), Dad (obviously).

I don't think anyone outside Dublin (bar perhaps the counties bordering it) refers to their parents as "Ma"/"Da".

I do!

manlad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkp4QF3we8

Any of those

HalloweenJack

Mammy and Dad.

CrazyRabbit

Dad & Sis.

RedXIV

i must be the only one to refer to my dad by his name? me mam is still "mam" though?

Run_to_da_hills

Ma and the old bo*lix

jif

ya'll

HalloweenJack

Jim wrote: »

Although my mother doesn't like "mother", she thinks it sounds patronising.

A bit Norman Bates-ish too.

Buford T Justice

Mum and Dad

Simples!

The Big Red Button

They're Mammy and Daddy, usually.

If they're irritating me or if I'm patronising them, then Mother and Father.

If I want something - it's Mummy and Daaaaaaaaady?!

kwalshe

i call mine claire and jimmy (or jazzy), its weird and only recently have been trying to get back to mam and dad

mink_man

brother and sister

Toots

mink_man wrote: »

brother and sister

o_O

I call mine Mum and Daddy

McChubbin

The Mad Yoke & The Bollix.

stepbar

mink_man wrote: »

brother and sister

Inbred much?

zerohamster

Mum and Dad....and mommy when im joking or hailing her in a british fashion for fun lol

Dudess

Mutha and fatha.

DazMarz

I actually call them in their proper Christian names. This stems from working with them a lot, and it would sound weird in a work environment to be calling out ''mummy'' or ''dad'' a lot.

Terms also used:

Aul wan/aul lad/aul pair
Clown (usually father when something in work goes tits up)
Mother Dearest/Father Dearest (with heavy sarcasm)

Jax Teller

The birth givers

DEVEREUX

I always used to call my mother mammy and my father daddy. Tried in my early teens to change to mam and dad but that felt weird for some reason so i took to calling them by their first names. both myself and my father share the name Richard and my mother quite openly refers to her husband as big dick when im around to prevent confusion lol, i suppose that makes me small dick

kumate_champ07

momma
poppa

Darksaga87

The care workers.

_blank_

Mam and Dad, I think it's really weird that some people use their parents' first names.

When my mam is talking to me about my dad, she says "Dad did this, dad did that" etc etc

But when my dad is talking to me about my mam, he says "Mammy did this, Mammy did that". It makes me cringe a bit, like I'm not six anymore.

In fairness, he still calls his mam "Mammy" and he's 58 and his mam is 94. And I call her "Nanny"

BluesBerry

Mam , Maasie, The Mammy, The Auld wan, The upbringer

(dont have a father)

hinault

Mam and Dad, normally

Mater and Pater, when I am being facetious


Mutter and Vater, when I use the old language!

chocgirl

Mum and the Old Man.

niallon

Both my brother and I call our parents by their first names and none of us know why, not even our parents! Tried to switch to more conventional standards but it just wouldn't stick! Same goes for the Grandparents!

ashyle

Des wrote: »

When my mam is talking to me about my dad, she says "Dad did this, dad did that" etc etc

But when my dad is talking to me about my mam, he says "Mammy did this, Mammy did that". It makes me cringe a bit, like I'm not six anymore.

In fairness, he still calls his mam "Mammy" and he's 58 and his mam is 94. And I call her "Nanny"

Yeah, same, my da is from the northside so he refers to my mam as 'your ma', my mam will say 'your daddy' and she sometimes calls her father 'daddy' so I get really confused as to who she is talking about

Piste

Mummy and dad to their faces, mum and dad usually if I'm talking about them to others, occasionally I say mummy though.

TouchingVirus

Ma/Mam and Da/Dad

Sometimes I address them by their actual names and sometimes when talking to others I'll call the the aul paid/aul fella/aul one.

anniehoo

phasers wrote: »

Mam and Dad

Yep Mam and Dad.

Its really weird actually calling them by their first names..cant even do it for the craic.

alan4cult

anniehoo wrote: »

Yep Mam and Dad.

Its really weird actually calling them by their first names..cant even do it for the craic.

Ya me too, can't call my mum by her first name but used to call my dad by his first name when I was younger.

Abi

Mom, but when she pisses me off I'm talking about my Mother. My Dad is my Dad unless I can't work out whats going on with my car. Then it's Daddy

ScumLord

Organ donors.

sickle

Mudder and The Owlfella.