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Why do Irish kids call plasticine "mawla"

amdublin · 2010-12-24 19:25:12

Just watching The Top 100 Toys on E4 (repeat?) They've just showed plasticine. Did you call it mawla (phonetic spelling) in school?? I did. Where did that word come from??

24-12-2010 07:25PM

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Just watching The Top 100 Toys on E4 (repeat?)

They've just showed plasticine.

Did you call it mawla (phonetic spelling) in school?? I did.

Where did that word come from??

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#2 24-12-2010 07:27PM

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mála is an Irish word afaik

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#3 24-12-2010 07:28PM

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I dunno but did anyone else have a mawla class in their school?

The one where all the kids who were not all there used to spend all day playing with mawla?

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#4 24-12-2010 07:29PM

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phasers wrote: »

mála is an Irish word afaik

Yeah that's what I thought. And I would have spelled it that way as well.

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#5 24-12-2010 07:29PM

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Turtyturd wrote: »

I dunno but did anyone else have a mawla class in school?

The one where all the kids who were not all there used to spend all day playing with mawla?

i believe you can get a degree in it through some arts route

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#6 24-12-2010 07:29PM

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Kids call it Mala because their parents told them it's called Mala, it's simple really.

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#7 24-12-2010 07:29PM

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It's márla.

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#8 24-12-2010 07:30PM

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marla was what i always knew it as.

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#9 24-12-2010 07:31PM

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mikom wrote: »

It's márla.

This

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D'oh.

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#11 24-12-2010 07:33PM

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Mala because you maul it?

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#12 24-12-2010 07:33PM

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We called it mala and didn't question why its called mala.

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#13 24-12-2010 07:34PM

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055388053

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#14 24-12-2010 07:35PM

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I'd love some marla now!!

Apparently you can get a fragrance that smells like it?!?!

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#15 24-12-2010 07:41PM

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It always turns the same crappy colour :mad:.

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#16 24-12-2010 07:42PM

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Morla.

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#17 24-12-2010 07:44PM

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pow wow wrote: »

Morla.

I used to call it Morla too.

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#18 24-12-2010 07:46PM

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Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I used to call it Morla too.

Spooky :rolleyes:

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#19 24-12-2010 07:48PM

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Marla

Supposed to be a fada in there but I don't know how to type a fada

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#20 24-12-2010 07:51PM

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feelingstressed wrote: »

Marla

Supposed to be a fada in there but I don't know how to type a fada

it's easy, you just do this á
try it, all you have to do is this á

oh, and it's mála, not marla, weirdos

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#21 24-12-2010 07:52PM

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ctrl, alt and the letter you want the fáda with.

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#22 24-12-2010 07:52PM

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Marla was the single greatest thing on earth while in Junior - Senior infants, Fact.

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#23 24-12-2010 07:54PM

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MGMTea wrote: »

Marla was the single greatest thing on earth while in Junior - Senior infants, Fact.

Nooooooo strawberry milk was..

OOoh and I liked the making things with Straws..

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

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Larianne wrote: »

Nooooooo strawberry milk was..

OOoh and I liked the making things with Straws..

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

and pipe cleaners!

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#25 24-12-2010 07:55PM

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Larianne wrote: »

Nooooooo strawberry milk was..

OOoh and I liked the making things with Straws..

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

+1 and Pokemon Cards ! I was the king of teh pokemons

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#26 24-12-2010 07:55PM

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and pipe cleaners!

Nah, we didn't have them.

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#27 24-12-2010 07:56PM

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MGMTea wrote: »

+1 and Pokemon Cards ! I was the king of teh pokemons

Oh you're a youngling..

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Larianne wrote: »

ctrl, alt and the letter you want the fáda with.

Alt Gr key and letter also works....

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#29 24-12-2010 07:56PM

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does it fcukin matter

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Larianne wrote: »

Nah, we didn't have them.

well I didn't have strawberry milk

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well I didn't have strawberry milk

:eek:

You poor thing!

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#32 24-12-2010 08:03PM

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It's mála.

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#33 24-12-2010 08:03PM

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Strawberry milk was the great and the way it came in those little cartoons, happy days.

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#34 24-12-2010 08:05PM

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mtb_kng wrote: »

It's mála.

Thats a school bag.

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#35 24-12-2010 08:07PM

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http://www.schoolbooksireland.ie/store/category/3/8/Plasticine/

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#36 24-12-2010 08:08PM

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Colmo52 wrote: »

Thats a school bag.

mála scoile

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#37 24-12-2010 08:11PM

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in china we cor it molra

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#38 24-12-2010 08:13PM

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We always called it playdough. Never even heard it being called 'mala' until last year.

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Larianne wrote: »

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

rocking chairs from the auld wooden pegs.. those were the days .. ish

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#40 24-12-2010 08:16PM

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Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

We always called it playdough. Never even heard it being called 'mala' until last year.

Playdough was different if I remember correctly. It was softer to mush up.

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#41 24-12-2010 08:19PM

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kowloon wrote: »

Playdough was different if I remember correctly. It was softer to mush up.

It has a different smell as well, I used to love sniffing mala.:o

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growler wrote: »

rocking chairs from the auld wooden pegs.. those were the days .. ish

Wut?

I'm talking about pushing pegs into a board and making a picture out of it.

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I called it playdough. Had no idea what everyone was going on about with their mala when I moved over here.

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#44 24-12-2010 08:24PM

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Mála = bag
Marla = plasticine
Foclóir = dictionary

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Larianne wrote: »

Wut?

I'm talking about pushing pegs into a board and making a picture out of it.

amateur

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#46 24-12-2010 08:27PM

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Who cares?!?! Mix all colours and it comes out like sheet! :mad:

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#47 24-12-2010 09:11PM

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It was called Mála because that was the brand name of the cheap sh!te the school bought, Plasticine cost more and didn't turn that vile diarrhea colour after 5 minutes!

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#48 24-12-2010 09:17PM

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http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary?language=english&word=Plasticine

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#49 24-12-2010 09:56PM

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phasers wrote: »

mála is an Irish word afaik

Mála = bag

Mawla isn't a word (even phonetically)

Marla is the Irish word used for modelling clay / plasticine.

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#50 24-12-2010 10:09PM

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defo marla

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#51 24-12-2010 10:10PM

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Liam Byrne wrote: »

Marla is the bogger word used for modelling clay / plasticine.

fyp

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