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

donfers

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????

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C_Dawg

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

Scarydoll

I agree, it's very creepy alright.

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Seems to be big in Norn Iron

IvyTheTerrible

I think it's endearing.

OldGoat

What kinda cake is it?

MaybeLogic

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

4 1's. Yey.

alwaysadub

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-

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

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

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

AnonoBoy

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

Is this the OP?

donfers

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

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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

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

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

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

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

ejmaztec

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

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

Riley Clever Strand wrote: »

"Why would my mother bake you a cake?"

Giggidy

donfers

Riley Clever Strand wrote: »

"Why would my mother bake you a cake?"

Let's not get into that right now!

Senna

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

C_Dawg

Giselle wrote: »

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

Oh no. Couldn't be doing that at all

Max Power1

greener greene wrote: »

Giggidy

dman, beaten to it!

Piste

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.

pikachucheeks

I say mum and dad.

opinion guy

alwaysadub wrote: »

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

God yeah thats so weird I remember my friends folks used to do that when I was a kid. Even then it was weird

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Piste wrote: »

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)

Dravokivich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50fdZMmrPv4

Bill-e

Mam/Ma and Dad are their names?

Donkey Oaty

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