Grown-ups who still refer to their parents as "mammy" and "daddy"

donfers · 06-04-2010 03:07PM #1

I mean if a little kid is referred to his parents as mammy and daddy then ok I'll let it go but oftentimes I hear adult humans refer to their parents with same

"Mammy is making a cake and Daddy is going to eat it all if we don't show up soon"

They also, for whatever reason, decide to omit the possessive pronoun "my", perhaps because like Jesus himself they believe their parents to be omnipotent powers and guardians of all mankind.

What is so difficult about saying "My mother is making a cake and my father is going to eat it all if we don't show up soon"??

What should be done with this people and why do they do it????

C_Dawg · 06-04-2010 03:09PM

I still call mine that. Don't be hating on me for it. What ya gonna do eh?

Scarydoll · 06-04-2010 03:10PM

I agree, it's very creepy alright.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 06-04-2010 03:10PM

Seems to be big in Norn Iron

IvyTheTerrible · 06-04-2010 03:11PM

I think it's endearing.

OldGoat · 06-04-2010 03:11PM

What kinda cake is it?

MaybeLogic · 06-04-2010 03:11PM

"Mother, could you pass the salt, mother?"
That sounds ridiculous.

4 1's. Yey.

alwaysadub · 06-04-2010 03:12PM

Well i don't say mammy and daddy,i say mam and dad, or ma and da when i'm in Dublin mode

I also hate husbands who call their wife mammy and vice versa.

m-a-i- · 06-04-2010 03:13PM

C_Dawg wrote: »

I still call mine that. Don't be hating on me for it. What ya gonna do eh?

I have to admit that I do the same from time to time. Most of the time its mam or dad but it sometimes slips

AnonoBoy · 06-04-2010 03:13PM

"Mother! Oh God, Mother! Blood! Blood!"

I see what you mean OP. Stick Mammy into that sentence and it just sounds so mundane.

AnonoBoy · 06-04-2010 03:14PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

I also hate husbands who call their wife mammy and vice versa.

In what context are we talking here? Cause if it's the one I'm thinking of then there's something majorly wrong with it! :eek:

C_Dawg · 06-04-2010 03:15PM

Is this the OP?

donfers · 06-04-2010 03:19PM

Let me be clear here.

If you are talking directly to your mother/your mammy/mammy...then it is ok if you call her "Mom/Mam"

Ma is too knackerish and Mammy is too childlike

My problem with using the term "mammy" and "daddy" is when talking about your parents indirectly as per the example in the original post

So when talking about your parents (not directly to them) please do not use the words "Mammy" and "Daddy" (see examples below)
"Mammy pass her driving test today"

"Daddy lost his job too"

Thank you: Remedial classes for those who still haven't understood the context correctly began at 5

4zn76tysfajdxp · 06-04-2010 03:20PM

donfers wrote: »

They also, for whatever reason, decide to omit the possessive pronoun "my", perhaps because like Jesus himself they believe their parents to be omnipotent powers and guardians of all mankind.

Who else's parents are they gonna be talking about? "Mammy baked me a delicious cake last night" "Why would my mother bake you a cake?"

alwaysadub · 06-04-2010 03:21PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

In what context are we talking here? Cause if it's the one I'm thinking of then there's something majorly wrong with it! :eek:

Not like that

As in, "will we have a cup of tea mammy" when he's talking to his wife.
Doesn't happen too often thank god but i have heard it before.

snowy2008 · 06-04-2010 03:22PM

my brother now calls my mam and dad, mommy and daddy!!! they died and left him a lovely big house, a property in the south of france and a ton of cash, he used never call before this!

Overheal · 06-04-2010 03:23PM

MaaammeEEEEeEEEeeEeEeEeEEeEEEeeEEeEEeEEEEEEEEEEEUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Screechy little fecker. And then you buy them the .99 to shut them up! WTF ARE YOU THINKING REWARDING THAT SHRILL.

ejmaztec · 06-04-2010 03:26PM

donfers wrote: »

What should be done with this people and why do they do it????

They should be exterminated because they're sad simple feckers.

Giselle · 06-04-2010 03:26PM

I've always called my parents by their first names. I know some people think thats weird, but its weirder to me to call them mum and dad.

greener greene · 06-04-2010 03:26PM

Riley Clever Strand wrote: »

"Why would my mother bake you a cake?"

Giggidy

donfers · 06-04-2010 03:27PM

Riley Clever Strand wrote: »

"Why would my mother bake you a cake?"

Let's not get into that right now!

Senna · 06-04-2010 03:27PM

SLAP!! Who's your Daddy, SLAP!!

C_Dawg · 06-04-2010 03:29PM

Giselle wrote: »

I've always called my parents by their first names.

Oh no. Couldn't be doing that at all

Max Power1 · 06-04-2010 03:29PM

greener greene wrote: »

Giggidy

dman, beaten to it!

Piste · 06-04-2010 03:30PM

I call them mummy/mum and dad. I call my dad daddy if i'm speaking through the puppy (i.e. making her paws wave and saying "hello daddy!" in a squeaky puppy voice) I alternate between calling my mum "my mum" or "my mummy" if I'm speaking about her.