What do you call your folks?

zerohamster · 14-01-2010 01:39AM

Mum and Dad....and mommy when im joking or hailing her in a british fashion for fun lol

Dudess · 14-01-2010 01:42AM

Mutha and fatha.

DazMarz · 14-01-2010 01:44AM

I actually call them in their proper Christian names. This stems from working with them a lot, and it would sound weird in a work environment to be calling out ''mummy'' or ''dad'' a lot.

Terms also used:

Aul wan/aul lad/aul pair
Clown (usually father when something in work goes tits up)
Mother Dearest/Father Dearest (with heavy sarcasm)

Jax Teller · 14-01-2010 01:44AM

The birth givers

DEVEREUX · 14-01-2010 01:45AM

I always used to call my mother mammy and my father daddy. Tried in my early teens to change to mam and dad but that felt weird for some reason so i took to calling them by their first names. both myself and my father share the name Richard and my mother quite openly refers to her husband as big dick when im around to prevent confusion lol, i suppose that makes me small dick

kumate_champ07 · 14-01-2010 01:48AM

momma
poppa

Darksaga87 · 14-01-2010 01:50AM

The care workers.

_blank_ · 14-01-2010 01:54AM

Mam and Dad, I think it's really weird that some people use their parents' first names.

When my mam is talking to me about my dad, she says "Dad did this, dad did that" etc etc

But when my dad is talking to me about my mam, he says "Mammy did this, Mammy did that". It makes me cringe a bit, like I'm not six anymore.

In fairness, he still calls his mam "Mammy" and he's 58 and his mam is 94. And I call her "Nanny"

BluesBerry · 14-01-2010 01:54AM

Mam , Maasie, The Mammy, The Auld wan, The upbringer

(dont have a father)

hinault · 14-01-2010 01:56AM

Mam and Dad, normally

Mater and Pater, when I am being facetious

Mutter and Vater, when I use the old language!

chocgirl · 14-01-2010 02:01AM

Mum and the Old Man.

niallon · 14-01-2010 02:02AM

Both my brother and I call our parents by their first names and none of us know why, not even our parents! Tried to switch to more conventional standards but it just wouldn't stick! Same goes for the Grandparents!

ashyle · 14-01-2010 02:07AM

Des wrote: »

When my mam is talking to me about my dad, she says "Dad did this, dad did that" etc etc

But when my dad is talking to me about my mam, he says "Mammy did this, Mammy did that". It makes me cringe a bit, like I'm not six anymore.

In fairness, he still calls his mam "Mammy" and he's 58 and his mam is 94. And I call her "Nanny"

Yeah, same, my da is from the northside so he refers to my mam as 'your ma', my mam will say 'your daddy' and she sometimes calls her father 'daddy' so I get really confused as to who she is talking about

Piste · 14-01-2010 02:09AM

Mummy and dad to their faces, mum and dad usually if I'm talking about them to others, occasionally I say mummy though.

TouchingVirus · 14-01-2010 02:16AM

Ma/Mam and Da/Dad

Sometimes I address them by their actual names and sometimes when talking to others I'll call the the aul paid/aul fella/aul one.

anniehoo · 14-01-2010 02:37AM

phasers wrote: »

Mam and Dad

Yep Mam and Dad.

Its really weird actually calling them by their first names..cant even do it for the craic.

alan4cult · 14-01-2010 02:42AM

anniehoo wrote: »

Yep Mam and Dad.

Its really weird actually calling them by their first names..cant even do it for the craic.

Ya me too, can't call my mum by her first name but used to call my dad by his first name when I was younger.

Abi · 14-01-2010 02:47AM

Mom, but when she pisses me off I'm talking about my Mother. My Dad is my Dad unless I can't work out whats going on with my car. Then it's Daddy

ScumLord · 14-01-2010 02:49AM

Organ donors.

sickle · 14-01-2010 03:02AM

Mudder and The Owlfella.

candy-gal1 · 14-01-2010 03:06AM

lol iv called my mam by her real name since i can remember, and sometimes do with my dad but its usually daddy to him!

Doop · 14-01-2010 03:08AM

'hey u'... followed by 'bring me some tea'

Sharpshooter · 14-01-2010 03:09AM

When she was alive,Ma.

But if I needed advice or help I reverted to Maam, drawn out like a child would.:o

Da is always Da, unless I'm worried about something and then it's Dad.

I don't know why but that's the way it's always been.:p