Mam, mum or mom?

coolbeans

You're irish, it's mam ffs! Mom or mum just sounds so wrong when used with a paddy accent. I reserve the right to use 'mother' on a Sunday.

falan

Who really gives a s*it?

Ann Landers

coolbeans wrote: »

You're irish, it's mam ffs! Mom or mum just sounds so wrong when used with a paddy accent. I reserve the right to use 'mother' on a Sunday.

Mammy for me. But people can call their folks whatever they like!

antodeco

Your mam loved what I was calling her last night!

orangesoda

i say mammy myself

gg2

Mammy

Mr. CooL ICE

Mum. Mam or ma just sounds like something out of fair city

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Not that it matters as long as you Iove and respect her but there have been at least 3 identical threads on this in AH already.

Try again!

Menas

Bishop Spicy Rhinestone wrote: »

Not that it matters as long as you Iove and respect her but there have been at least 3 identical threads on this in AH already.

Try again!

This could be the mummy of all threads.

KilOit

From Tallaght so i say Maaaaaaa!

bodice ripper

Mom.


But then, she is American, so Mam would sound weird.

XxMCRxBabyxX

I always called her mum. I was banned from calling her mam, ma, mammy etc anyway!

Elmo

Mammy on occasion
Ma sometimes
Mam most of the time.

The Backwards Man

Auld doll.

Penny Tration

I call her by her first name most of the time. Mam occasionally

floutingmaxims

Ma usually.

Mother if i'm about to give out to her about something :pac:

Zed Bank

Mammy on notable special occasions. Mam 99% of the time.

Cienciano

To all the people who say "mammy" or "daddy" even though you're adults: you're freaks.

Yamanoto

coolbeans wrote: »

Mom or mum just sounds so wrong when used with a paddy accent.

'Cos all Irish accents are the same, right?

Gordon

Ma'am.

Elmo

Cienciano wrote: »

To all the people who say "mammy" or "daddy" even though you're adults: you're freaks.

It's a country thing, most country people say Mammy.

Gordon wrote: »

Ma'am.

Respect. You call your Da Sir?

Sulla Felix

Mum, always has been, always will be.

J_E

Mom. Would never call her mam or mammy, just feels weird, a bit cheap and childish to me.

Peregrine

Either mammy or ma.

akura

Mum most of the time.

Ann Landers

Cienciano wrote: »

To all the people who say "mammy" or "daddy" even though you're adults: you're freaks.

If I called them anything different, it wouldn't be right. It's not what they're called. Don't know why anyone would find it strange to call them what you've always called them and grew up calling them.

pajor

My mum becomes violent with the use of any other word.

Elmo

Poll required OP

Lots of violent Mothers around.

Rocket19

People need to get over the fact that not all Irish people say "Mam"!!
There's this attitude that if you say "Mum" or "Mom", it must mean you're a wannabe or a big D4 head.

I grew up in S. Dublin, and most people do not say "Mam". It wouldn't even occur to me to say "Mam".
I would say Mum or Mom interchangeably, and that's normal for me. It's not about trying to appear 'posh' or god forbid, English :P

Talib Fiasco

I call her Lois

Son Of A Vidic

Sadly my parents aren't with us anymore, but we always called them Mammy & Daddy. Personally, I always found it to be a more affectionate way of addressing my parents. But each to their own.

TheBody

Mammy all the way.

LaVail

margaret

SpaceTime

I'm shocked that the op forgot Mammy and Ma!

All my older Dublin relatives have 'Me ma' and 'Me da'.

I know one old Cork Couple, with kids in their 50s, who call eachother "Mammy" and "Daddy'

Not sure if it's cute or disturbing!

Sam Kade

Does anyone call their mother momma? I know a man in his late 40's who still calls his father dada :eek:

juice1304

Its "Me MAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa"

Ann Landers

Incidentally, I love the breath of different names people have for their grandparents in this country, they're often highly imaginative.

My paternal grandmother wouldn't let her first batch of grandchildren call her anything other than her name, as she didn't consider herself old enough to be a grandmother in her early 40s. Well, you were, Gran, like it or not! :pac:

SpaceTime

Cork people refer to their parents as "The old lady / the old lade" and "the old man"...

If I refered to my mom/mam as 'old' there would be serious consequences...

efb

My parents aren't old though, both under 60

SpaceTime

My mam has been 36 for years... (Since the late 80s ..)

frozenfrozen

mhammo when said at higher volumes. mammy, mudder, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, annette.

ive never called my father 'dad' weird aul double standard I hold

whupdedo

I call her by her Christian name more often than not, but occasionally I call her mam

Ann Landers

SpaceTime wrote: »

Cork people refer to their parents as "The old lady / the old lade" and "the old man"...

That's everywhere in Ireland. Was a huge no-no in my family, though.

Sam Kade

My daughter called her grandfather nanoosh and her grandmother more nana. Haven't a clue where nanoosh came from.

SpaceTime

One of my cousins younger kids keeps calling one granny 'fatty granny' and the other is just ' granny'...

They've had to talk her about it!

Mint Sauce

coolbeans wrote: »

You're irish, it's mam ffs! Mom or mum just sounds so wrong when used with a paddy accent. I reserve the right to use 'mother' on a Sunday.

Mum for me, in an English accent.

:P

SpaceTime

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Mum for me, in an English accent.

:P

You have to try Mummy! In a very perky prim upper class London accent to really disturb the Irish mammy after spending a week in London

Sam Kade

efb wrote: »

My parents aren't old though, both under 60

My grandfathers were born in the 1800's :eek: 1874 and 1891 to be exact.

Cienciano

Elmo wrote: »

It's a country thing, most country people say Mammy.

It's also a serial killer I wear dead hookers faces as a mask thing.

Wibbs

Do not get me started on the "mom" thing and yes it is a recent thing in urban areas.

SpaceTime

A few friends of mine have continental mammies

So quite a few 'Maman' and 'Mama' and Papa etc etc