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Do you say mum, mom, mam or ma

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    #152
    amdublin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 20,650 CMod ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    keane2097 wrote: »
    Get a hobby imo.

    Okay Mom


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    #153
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    To be honest, i would much rather her "Mom", than "Mammy".

    Mammy always implied to me that she still irons your shirts for you.


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    #154
    BraziliaNZ
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    God. This again. Think i'll start an "I hate Irish women because I'm not getting laid" thread.


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    #155
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,060 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


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


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    #156
    ejmaztec
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24sB2hxrU3g


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    #157
    Chris P. Bacon
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    People say it a lot in AH too,i think it's just posh people though them and the others who say mum.


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    #158
    amdublin
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    PrincessLola wrote: »
    I say MUM.



    Problem, boards?

    Nope. I've re-edited my op.


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    #159
    amdublin
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    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    To be honest, i would much rather her "Mom", than "Mammy".

    Mammy always implied to me that she still irons your shirts for you.

    What's wrong with mam?


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    #160
    ejmaztec
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    Not enough people call their mother mumsy:(


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    #161
    hondasam
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    amdublin wrote: »
    What's wrong with mam?

    what's wrong with mom ?


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    #162
    Biggins
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    Who cares - at least you might have one to call that!
    Others might not be so lucky so appreciate it that you can!


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    #163
    Chris P. Bacon
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    hondasam wrote: »
    what's wrong with mom ?

    Whats right with it?


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    #164
    fabbydabby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,313 ✭✭✭fabbydabby


    Why is mum acceptable but mom isn't?

    Mom is more phonetically akin to the Irish language equivalent. Mum is pure Brit.

    Not that I care. Just sayin is all.


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    #165
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    amdublin wrote: »
    What's wrong with mam?

    Where did i say there was anything wrong with Mam?


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    #166
    southsiderosie
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    amdublin wrote: »
    What's wrong with mother/mam/mammy/ma like we used to always say??

    Why are people starting this american sh1t and saying Mom??

    I was in a thread in Legal Discussions yesterday: Mom
    Personal Issues today: Mom

    Very irritating.

    Edit.
    Mum is also okay. If you are posh.

    Maybe they were Americans?


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    #167
    yawha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭yawha


    amdublin wrote: »
    What's wrong with mother/mam/mammy/ma like we used to always say??
    Some of us aren't fúcking boggers/scummers.


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    #168
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    yawha wrote: »
    Some of us aren't fúcking boggers/scummers.

    So everybody who says Mam/Mammy is a Bogger/Scummer?


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    #169
    ShadowGal
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭ShadowGal


    I say mam :o


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    #170
    LordSutch
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    I'm not so sure that most Irish motherrs say 'MOM', I have noticed a MOM trend in the Irish media circles, and recently at the Baby fair in the RDS there were signs up for MOMs & Dad's, and even on Boards.ie there is a massive insistance on MOM, but out and about all I hear is Mum, Mam, Mummy, or even 'Mammy' (which always reminds me of Al Jolson) :)


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    #171
    o1s1n
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    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    So everybody who says Mam/Mammy is a Bogger/Scummer?

    Anyone I've met who says 'mammy' is either a complete bogger or still living at home having his dinners cooked and his shirts ironed.


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    #172
    emeraldstar
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    What of it?

    I've said "Mom" since I was a kid (and so long before The Hills and such ****e).

    I think "Mam" sounds a bit stupid.


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    #173
    Chris P. Bacon
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Anyone I've met who says 'mammy' is either a complete bogger or still living at home having his dinners cooked and his shirts ironed.

    So you have never met a Woman who says Mam/Mammy?


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    #174
    DebDynamite
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    My problem with people calling their mother "mom" is that they probably didn't call her that 10 years ago.

    You don't start changing the name you've always called your mother. You just don't :p


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    #175
    CL7
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    This thread is original and interesting. AH needs more quality threads like this one.


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    #176
    o1s1n
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    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    So you have never met a Woman who says Mam/Mammy?

    I have, but it's a little more acceptable for some reason. Guys doing it is creepy.


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    #177
    DebDynamite
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    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    So you have never met a Woman who says Mam/Mammy?

    I call my mother mam/mammy and haven't lived at home for over 10 years.


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    #178
    BraziliaNZ
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    I have, but it's a little more acceptable for some reason. Guys doing it is creepy.

    What, I say Mam, that's normal isn't it? Everyone I know around here says it, Northside Dublin that is. If you go down a couple of pay scales it's Ma, we add on the extra M because we get paid more.


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    #179
    pragmatic1
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    I say mum. When I was little it was mammy in the most whiny drawn out Donegal accent possible.


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    #180
    Chris P. Bacon
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    I have, but it's a little more acceptable for some reason. Guys doing it is creepy.

    Well im not a bogger,and I don't live at home,and my mother doesn't iron my shirts,but I still call her Mammy when talking with my sister,and I call her Mam when im talking to her.


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    #181
    juma
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    amdublin wrote: »
    What's wrong with mother/mam/mammy/ma like we used to always say??

    Since I'm not an inner city Dublin scumbag still struggling with the English language I never say "ma" when referring to my Mom.


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