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Do you say mum, mom, mam or ma

partyndbs · 2011-01-15 11:46:29

i say mum and think calling them mam or ma is disgusting well country folk can get away with saying mam but dublin people it is horrible

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i say mum and think calling them mam or ma is disgusting well country folk can get away with saying mam but dublin people it is horrible

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#2 15-01-2011 11:48am

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I'm a northsider, so its me 'Ma & 'Da.

No airs & graces here sunshine.

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#3 15-01-2011 11:49am

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

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#4 15-01-2011 11:50am

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ugh man what the hell like my dad was a northsider and even he says mum mayb he changed when he moved to the good side

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#5 15-01-2011 11:51am

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Why does this come up so often? God who cares.

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#6 15-01-2011 11:51am

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because u touch yourself at nite

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#7 15-01-2011 11:51am

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Colson Tiny Sender wrote: »

I'm a northsider, so its me 'Ma & 'Da.

No airs & graces here sunshine.

Proper gritty son of a bitch you are

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#8 15-01-2011 11:52am

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Mum.

Sth County Dublin badge of honour.

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#9 15-01-2011 11:52am

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I'm Irish so it's Mam of course.

'Mum' is English, 'Mom' is American.

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#10 15-01-2011 11:53am

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Mammy:o

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#11 15-01-2011 11:53am

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well sodub people also use mom but i dont think it sounds right....

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#12 15-01-2011 11:53am

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mam and dad for me

i remember in school in first or second year a scumbag asked me what i called my parents i started to tell him and he interrupted me and said 'no you dont call them ma and da dont lie' i laughed in his face and continue to laugh at him every time i see him bounce in and of jail

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#13 15-01-2011 11:54am

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Mam nó Mamaí

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#14 15-01-2011 11:56am

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woman..(i.e)come here to me woman..would ye shut up woman..and such.

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#15 15-01-2011 12:02pm

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By our 2nd name or mum or mommy or mammy

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#16 15-01-2011 12:04pm

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Mother.

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#17 15-01-2011 12:05pm

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Mom and Dad. The way it should be:cool:

mum is for snobby posh people, mam is for smelly boggers. and don't even get me started on the people that say ma...

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#18 15-01-2011 12:05pm

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Mum and dad

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#19 15-01-2011 12:07pm

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Mam if she's good.
Mother if she's being difficult!
Mum is soooo siath dablin!

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#20 15-01-2011 12:08pm

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partyndbs wrote: »

well sodub people also use mom but i dont think it sounds right....

3 southside schoolgirls on Late Late Show young scientist slot last night.

I was born n'raised in Blackrock/Glenageary but the accent they spoke with is utterly foreign to me.

Add in their make up fetish and Orange County is a fairly apt description of them.

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#21 15-01-2011 12:10pm

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speaking as a bogger it is pronounced "Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

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#22 15-01-2011 12:10pm

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Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

I'm Irish so it's Mam of course.

'Mum' is English, 'Mom' is American.

No sir, you're a culchie.

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#23 15-01-2011 12:16pm

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Mam:D

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#24 15-01-2011 12:21pm

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mmmmmmmaaaaaa

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#25 15-01-2011 12:22pm

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Mam because you call them mum if your a posh tart or english and mom is american.

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#26 15-01-2011 12:22pm

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stovelid wrote: »

Mum and dad

Exactly.

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#27 15-01-2011 12:25pm

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TroutFisher wrote: »

Mam because you call them mum if your a posh tart or english and mom is american.

See #22

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#28 15-01-2011 12:28pm

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Mam and Dad

Mum is English short for "Mummy have Jeffery get my Eton blazer at once".

Ma and Da are disgusting

Mom is American.

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#29 15-01-2011 12:29pm

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Mam or nanny when talking around my niece or nephews

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#30 15-01-2011 12:30pm

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Mam and Dad of course....

I could never Mum or Mom. If I don't say 'Mam', it is 'Mother'.

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#31 15-01-2011 12:31pm

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Either mama or mami.

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#32 15-01-2011 12:34pm

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Fight_Night wrote: »

Mom and Dad. The way it should be:cool:

mum is for snobby posh people, mam is for smelly boggers. and don't even get me started on the people that say ma...

"Mom" is for wannabe yanks who were raised by their television.
Any other form mentioned here is acceptable.

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#33 15-01-2011 12:35pm

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I address her as Mum, and sometimes Mam. Think the latter comes from calling her Mammy when I was small. Don't know why it then changed to predominantly Mum rather than Mam.

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#34 15-01-2011 12:36pm

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Im a culchie im bloody born and bred in dublin you spanner:D:D

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#35 15-01-2011 12:39pm

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Is Daniel O'Donnell a Mummys boy or a Mammys boy?

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#36 15-01-2011 12:41pm

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Mom, usually. Mum too sometimes.

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#37 15-01-2011 12:41pm

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pwd wrote: »

"Mom" is for wannabe yanks who were raised by their television.
Any other form mentioned here is acceptable.

pfft

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#38 15-01-2011 12:42pm

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Mam.

Mawwwwm annoys me. Is it a fairly recent thing? I can't imagine too many people were calling their mother mom 20 years ago.

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#39 15-01-2011 12:44pm

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J. Marston wrote: »

Mam.

Mawwwwm annoys me. Is it a fairly recent thing? I can't imagine too many people were calling their mother mom 20 years ago.

There weren't so many American programmes on the television.

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#40 15-01-2011 12:45pm

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Mam annoys me,

mum or mom is fine!

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#41 15-01-2011 12:46pm

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J. Marston wrote: »

Mam.

Mawwwwm annoys me. Is it a fairly recent thing? I can't imagine too many people were calling their mother mom 20 years ago.

I think in the Gaeltacht, the Irish for Mam sounds the same as Mom.
But that is NOT to be mistaken for Connemara people trying to pull off an OC accent.:D

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#42 15-01-2011 12:48pm

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pwd wrote: »

"Mom" is for wannabe yanks who were raised by their television.
Any other form mentioned here is acceptable.

"Mum" is for wannabe brits who were raised by their television.
Any other form mentioned here is acceptable.

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#43 15-01-2011 12:51pm

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You Dublin folk with your "Ma and Da" should take a look here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056139287

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#44 15-01-2011 12:54pm

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El Horseboxo wrote: »

"Mum" is for wannabe brits who were raised by their television.
Any other form mentioned here is acceptable.

That's original. You'd have more imagination if your childhood wasn't wasted in front of a television.
Same goes for the "pffft" response really.
Come on - try some snappy banter.

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#45 15-01-2011 1:03pm

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pwd wrote: »

That's original. You'd have more imagination if your childhood wasn't wasted in front of a television.
Same goes for the "pffft" response really.
Come on - try some snappy banter.

Says the person that just remixed their earlier post. Nice job Puff Daddy.

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#46 15-01-2011 1:10pm

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pwd wrote: »

That's original. You'd have more imagination if your childhood wasn't wasted in front of a television.
Same goes for the "pffft" response really.
Come on - try some snappy banter.

And where have you demonstrated your supreme creativity in this thread?

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#47 15-01-2011 1:15pm

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Ma most of the time and Mammy if I want something.

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#48 15-01-2011 1:17pm

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Your Ma

Surely more cutting than Your Mum, Your Mam

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#49 15-01-2011 1:22pm

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Badgermonkey wrote: »

Your Ma

Surely more cutting than Your Mum, Your Mam

Nowhere near as cutting as "Your Mother" though

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#50 15-01-2011 1:22pm

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Mam
Being a norrie from Cork it had to be

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#51 15-01-2011 1:30pm

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Mam

Suppose it comes from saying Mammy when I was smaller

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