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

kelle · 06-04-2010 03:44PM

I agree with the OP, I cringe when I hear it.

My parents sadly moved on to the next world, I called them "Mum" and "Dad" - though my brothers called them by their first names (in a piss-take form, which they laughed at)!

shoegirl · 06-04-2010 03:44PM

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I say mum and dad.

Me too. My siblings don't though. I'm 37 - does that matter? As far as I am concerned they are my parents and kind of special, hence the reason I prefer to give them that identity. Nobody else has it, and I find it kinda weird when my sister refers to my mother by her christian name. Anybody can be called that, but I only have one Mum and Dad.

happyfriday · 06-04-2010 03:44PM

I usually call my mother by her first name or just mother. As in 'Mother where are you?' 'Hello Mother' 'My mother is from' etc. And my Dad I always call 'Dad'. Simple really!!

Gone Drinking · 06-04-2010 03:57PM

Girl in work does it, mainly when she's talking on the phone to them. But sometimes she'll refer to them as her mammy, or daddy, which we always thought was weird.. she's 25

She also kisses her dad on the lips (if she's giving a peck i mean), which is truely weird

we'llallhavetea_old · 06-04-2010 04:04PM

i call my ma, ma or mam, call my da, da or dad.

if i want something they get mammy and daddy

i call my mam by her first name when i'm takin the piss.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 06-04-2010 04:15PM

If I said 'Mammy' I would instantly have her attention cos she'd know there's something wrong
If I said 'Daddy' he'd probably look at me in disgust like I was some kind of fairy!

First name basis in my house with the occasional mother thrown in

Ann22 · 06-04-2010 04:24PM

Gone Drinking wrote: »

She also kisses her dad on the lips (if she's giving a peck i mean), which is truely weird

I was at a wedding once and saw the groomsman kissing his mother on the lips. It was truly disturbing:(...she was standing there with her arms around his neck smiling and whispering sweet nothings into each others' faces for about 10 frickin' mins and there and then they kissed each other....on the lips-yuck!!
My cousin calls her parents 'mammy' and 'daddy', it sounds so childlike and she's nearly 40.
Way back in the day when Nick Cotton was hassling Dot in Eastenders, my sister and I started to copy the way he pronounced 'ma' (maw). We still call my mother that but sometimes it's 'mam'. My father's dead now but we just called him da after we grew out of 'daddy'.
My two boys call me mam.

Shivers26 · 06-04-2010 04:30PM

I have an aunt and uncle who call each other ma and da. Yes, its weird but i'm used to it now.

I call my parents mam and dad usually. If I say 'daddy' to my dads face he usually just sighs and says 'how much is this going to cost me'....good man, my dad

My kids call me 'mammy' and I swear after hearing it 200 times a day the word has lost all meaning.

corkcomp · 06-04-2010 04:32PM

ive noticed that alright .. mammy and daddy are normally used by very young kids .. for me mother - mum and father = dad / old fella

Ann22 · 06-04-2010 04:35PM

Now when I think of it, my dad used to call my mam 'wife' a lot as in 'wife I'm starving', in a light hearted way but if he was serious it'd be her first name. My mother's a bit odd, I never heard her calling him by his name ever. She just asked him stuff and spoke to him without addressing him. If she hadn't his attention she'd say 'I say'. That's mad isn't it?

the_syco · 06-04-2010 04:36PM

I call my parents mam and dad. When talking about other peoples parents in reference to them being their parents, I may refer to them as being X's mam and dad, but if talking directly to them, I'd call them by their names.

kingtut · 06-04-2010 04:36PM

Is Mom okay? i.e. MILF

jigglywoo · 06-04-2010 04:48PM

Lois! Lois! Lois! Lois! Lois! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mummy! Mommy! Mommy! Muma! Muma! Muma! Ma! Ma! Ma! Ma! Mum! Mum! Mum! Mum! Mummy! Mummy!!! Muma!!! Muma! Muma!

GlitterFairy · 06-04-2010 04:49PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkp4QF3we8

owenc · 06-04-2010 05:30PM

Koa Nutritious Vacuum wrote: »

Seems to be big in Norn Iron

no thats just them derry wans.. my mum calls her mum "mammy" its soooo annoying!!

donfers · 06-04-2010 05:47PM

it's the lexical equivalent of a comfort blanket and one of noble breeding and class should quickly grow out of it

Max Power1 · 06-04-2010 05:50PM

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Girl in work does it, mainly when she's talking on the phone to them. But sometimes she'll refer to them as her mammy, or daddy, which we always thought was weird.. she's 25

She also kisses her dad on the lips (if she's giving a peck i mean), which is truely weird

even when I see that on a TV show i cringe. It happened on the osbournes last night. urrgggh

Bonito · 06-04-2010 05:59PM

Doesn't bother me. What does bother me is my mam and her sisters. When they're talking to each other they never say "I seen mam the other day" or "I was talkin' to dad the other day." It's always "I seen my/me ma the other day" or "I was talkin' to me/my da earlier."

The 3 of them do it all the time. It's as if they have seperate fathers but they don't they all have the one father and the one mother but refer to them as "mine" and not "our."

Head wreckers. :pac:

chughes · 06-04-2010 06:29PM

Giselle wrote: »

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.

Whatever about mam/mammy dad/daddy, I don't think it's right for people to call their parents by their first names. The way I look at it, the whole world can call me by my first name, but my 3 kids get to call me dad. To me it's a sign of respect and also of the close family ties we enjoy.

Giselle · 06-04-2010 06:34PM

chughes wrote: »

Whatever about mam/mammy dad/daddy, I don't think it's right for people to call their parents by their first names. The way I look at it, the whole world can call me by my first name, but my 3 kids get to call me dad. To me it's a sign of respect and also of the close family ties we enjoy.

My family is very close and I respect my parents more than any other people in the world.

I just don't need to call them special names based on one role in their lives. I call them by their names because thats how we are in our family. It has nothing to do with whats 'right' or 'wrong'.

chughes · 06-04-2010 07:14PM

Giselle wrote: »

My family is very close and I respect my parents more than any other people in the world.

I just don't need to call them special names based on one role in their lives. I call them by their names because thats how we are in our family. It has nothing to do with whats 'right' or 'wrong'.

Giselle, while I respect your views, this is a subject we will have to agree to disagree on.

Seloth · 06-04-2010 07:17PM

People mostly say it in a joking way,I do everyso often,

"Whos collecting you" "Me mammy

"

XDivaX · 06-04-2010 07:26PM

What is wrong with these terms mammy and daddy??
It is actually the Irish version compared to the British version of mum/dad or American version of mom etc.

I call them mum and daddy though because she is British :P and refer to her as mammy towards younger siblings because that is what they call her.

It is extremely unfair to judge people by how close they are.
So what if groom's mother kissed him on lip at wedding- it is an emotional day and so on.

I still give them big tight hugs and I'm 21 even when my boyfriend or friends are around. And I say good night and love you so.

owenc · 06-04-2010 08:11PM

XDivaX wrote: »

What is wrong with these terms mammy and daddy??
It is actually the Irish version compared to the British version of mum/dad or American version of mom etc.

I call them mum and daddy though because she is British :P and refer to her as mammy towards younger siblings because that is what they call her.

It is extremely unfair to judge people by how close they are.
So what if groom's mother kissed him on lip at wedding- it is an emotional day and so on.

I still give them big tight hugs and I'm 21 even when my boyfriend or friends are around. And I say good night and love you so.

ive always called my mum mummy and dad daddy.... i never knew it was british... but ma and da definately sound irish.. oh god.:rolleyes: i suppose it would look weird if you heard an irish person saying mummy.. it would just sound so funny!

XDivaX · 06-04-2010 08:31PM

owenc wrote: »

ive always called my mum mummy and dad daddy.... i never knew it was british... but ma and da definately sound irish.. oh god.:rolleyes: i suppose it would look weird if you heard an irish person saying mummy.. it would just sound so funny!

So you don't think it is weird that you still call your parents mummy or daddy?
That is what they are saying:(

argonaut · 06-04-2010 08:33PM

There are few things creepier than this.

owenc · 06-04-2010 08:39PM

XDivaX wrote: »

So you don't think it is weird that you still call your parents mummy or daddy?
That is what they are saying:(

no because everyone i know calls their mum mummy or dad daddy.. we have a different accent.. theres this wee boy in my class from sligo and he just says ma.. lol

XDivaX · 06-04-2010 08:40PM

argonaut wrote: »

There are few things creepier than this.

Yeah like that man who declares love for 8 years old girl for example.:eek:

Snowie · 06-04-2010 08:46PM

I call my parents bye there first name they dont call me son why should i call them mum and dad ?

06-04-2010 08:47PM

Calling adults grown-ups now are we?

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

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