MOM??????? WTF??

newmills · 04-01-2009 10:45PM #1

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

m83 · 04-01-2009 10:46PM

it's MA!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 04-01-2009 10:47PM

newmills wrote: »

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

Anyone using the phrase "Your Ma/Mammy/Mother/Mum/Mom/Mater/whatever would be proud of you" aged less than sixty and speakign to anyone over ten should be shot. It's worse than "your ma".

newmills · 04-01-2009 10:48PM

Sorry forgot about good old ma - not yore ma but ma will do great!!

Huggles · 04-01-2009 10:48PM

I say Mam when talking to my Mam but say Mum when asking someone how their Mum is.

Mom is just wrong.

Blush_01 · 04-01-2009 10:49PM

Compare the pronunciation of Mom with the pronunciation of Mamaí in Síle Seoige's accent.

Mom is common enough in the south and west midlands, fyi.

If you ban Mom, I'm banning mam (which sounds vulgar imho), oul wan and "oul doll" .

Genghiz Cohen · 04-01-2009 10:49PM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Anyone using the phrase "Your Ma/Mammy/Mother/Mum/Mom/Mater/whatever would be proud of you" aged less than sixty and speakign to anyone over ten should be shot. It's worse than "your ma".

Oh yeah?
Yore MA!

Karl Hungus · 04-01-2009 10:49PM

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

Jimbo · 04-01-2009 10:50PM

Mom is fairly common where I come from

Crann na Beatha · 04-01-2009 10:51PM

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newmills · 04-01-2009 10:51PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

Yeah loads of things like the recession, bad infrastructure, poor television, bad manners - the list goes on. This is just a bit of "light hearted" banter. Relax the head.

TequilaMockingBird · 04-01-2009 10:52PM

I'm called Mom, she even spells it Mom. I'm outraged. I am a Ma thankyouverymuch.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 04-01-2009 10:52PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

it's AH. Another more serious and some mod moves it tro a more approriate forum.

javaboy · 04-01-2009 10:53PM

newmills wrote: »

Heard that sile seoige one on the box tonight talking to a couple of young ones and telling them that their "MOM" would be proud of them. I'm sorry sile but you who started out speaking in the native tongue should know that mom is not the term here at all. Yes we have the irish mammy, mam, mum, oul wan or my own "oul doll" but no way are we allowing mom. What do we reckon people?

Mum? Seriously that's just as bad as Mom. You were going good until then.

Aidric · 04-01-2009 10:55PM

I've always used Mom...for cash.

newmills · 04-01-2009 10:57PM

javaboy wrote: »

Mum? Seriously that's just as bad as Mom. You were going good until then.

I think mum is ok as it's not americanized like MOM. I still work with the oul doll - especially when I phone the oul lad and tell him to stick the oul doll on til I hear who's dead at home!!:D

Berty · 04-01-2009 10:57PM

m83 wrote: »

it's MA!

Who's Ma?

Yer Ma!!!!

Nodin · 04-01-2009 10:58PM

Blush_01 wrote: »

If you ban Mom, I'm banning mam (which sounds vulgar imho),

As an ex-builder, I'd be horrified to think there was some vulgar term I was unfamiliar with, particularily with regards to the gentler sex. Yet nothing like "mam" comes to mind.....

Davidius · 04-01-2009 11:10PM

I sometimes refer to her as "Mawm" is an exaggerated american accent. Because I think it's funny and that's all that matters.

Normally I just call her mother. When speaking to others I just use mum seeing as that's all anybody seems to understand.

Toto Wolfcastle · 04-01-2009 11:12PM

I say 'mom' but spell it 'mum' and when I talk about someone else's mother I say 'mum' or 'mother' and not 'yore ma'. Most people I know say 'mom'.

Right now, I'm calling her 'mupphead' though.

Earthhorse · 04-01-2009 11:14PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Do you not have something better to be outraged by?

Gawd, you sound just like my mom. La-hame!

P.C. · 04-01-2009 11:52PM

I call my mother, mom or mother. I sometimes refer to her as the 'Old Lady'.

If I called her mum, mam, mammy or mummy, I would get a flat hand against the side of the head from her first, then from my father, followed by a lectuer on how I should respect her.

KnifeWRENCH · 04-01-2009 11:57PM

I've always called mine Mam. Although it's impossible to find birthday/Christmas cards with "Mam" on them so she has to make do with "Mum" for cards.
To me, "Mom" is too American, "Mum" makes her sound like a toff and "Mother" makes her sound about 90!

I know a girl who calls her parents by their first names - I think that's really weird.

Toto Wolfcastle · 04-01-2009 11:59PM

square_igloo wrote: »

I've always called mine Mam. Although it's impossible to find birthday/Christmas cards with "Mam" on them so she has to make do with "Mum" for cards.

I know a girl who calls her parents by their first names - I think that's really weird.

I call my mother by her first name on occasion. It's usually just for the laugh, and she doesn't get offended by it or anything.

Ruu_Old · 05-01-2009 12:02AM

Mam or Mammy (Mumsie sometimes but only in a Richard O'Brien Crystal Maze fashion

), never ever Mom though living in America it still makes me cringe when hearing a kid shouting for his/her Mom when working in the library.

*blood boils*

tolosenc · 05-01-2009 12:11AM

It's "mum". Sorry if I'm just a little bit more middle class than most of you skobes, but that's the way it is...

Sofaspud · 05-01-2009 12:11AM

Mom, as an American term, was brough to America by the Irish. It's taken from "mhamai", the Irish word for it. So Mom is more Irish than Mum, which is a bastardised english version of it.

I heard that from somewhere, possibly while drunk, and it seems plausible so I choose to believe it!

I call mine ma though.

Davidius · 05-01-2009 12:19AM

obl wrote: »

skobes

No.

kieranfitz · 05-01-2009 12:23AM

Jesus Irish people useing mom or mum goes through my head.

Ticktactoe · 05-01-2009 12:33AM

The auld one, the contrary one, the dominator...... na wouldn't please her! Do call her Ma if im roaring looking for her, mam generally or mammy if im asking daddy where she is!
If im asking someone else how their 'one' is id say mother...
If i called the auld one by her first name i would get a salamander into the middle of next week! :eek:

keane2097 · 05-01-2009 12:37AM

I have suspected for some time now that some people will complain about absolutely anything.

This confirms it.

Also, thanks for keeping us up to date on what's going on with Síle Seoige...

MOM??????? WTF??

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