Why do Irish kids call plasticine "mawla"

amdublin · 2010-12-24 19:25:12

Just watching The Top 100 Toys on E4 (repeat?) They've just showed plasticine. Did you call it mawla (phonetic spelling) in school?? I did. Where did that word come from??

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Just watching The Top 100 Toys on E4 (repeat?)

They've just showed plasticine.

Did you call it mawla (phonetic spelling) in school?? I did.

Where did that word come from??

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#2 24-12-2010 08:27PM

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mála is an Irish word afaik

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#3 24-12-2010 08:28PM

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I dunno but did anyone else have a mawla class in their school?

The one where all the kids who were not all there used to spend all day playing with mawla?

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#4 24-12-2010 08:29PM

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phasers wrote: »

mála is an Irish word afaik

Yeah that's what I thought. And I would have spelled it that way as well.

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#5 24-12-2010 08:29PM

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Turtyturd wrote: »

I dunno but did anyone else have a mawla class in school?

The one where all the kids who were not all there used to spend all day playing with mawla?

i believe you can get a degree in it through some arts route

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#6 24-12-2010 08:29PM

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Kids call it Mala because their parents told them it's called Mala, it's simple really.

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#7 24-12-2010 08:29PM

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It's márla.

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#8 24-12-2010 08:30PM

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marla was what i always knew it as.

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#9 24-12-2010 08:31PM

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mikom wrote: »

It's márla.

This

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#10 24-12-2010 08:32PM

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D'oh.

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#11 24-12-2010 08:33PM

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Mala because you maul it?

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#12 24-12-2010 08:33PM

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We called it mala and didn't question why its called mala.

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#13 24-12-2010 08:34PM

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055388053

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#14 24-12-2010 08:35PM

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I'd love some marla now!!

Apparently you can get a fragrance that smells like it?!?!

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#15 24-12-2010 08:41PM

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It always turns the same crappy colour :mad:.

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#16 24-12-2010 08:42PM

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Morla.

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#17 24-12-2010 08:44PM

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pow wow wrote: »

Morla.

I used to call it Morla too.

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#18 24-12-2010 08:46PM

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Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I used to call it Morla too.

Spooky :rolleyes:

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#19 24-12-2010 08:48PM

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Marla

Supposed to be a fada in there but I don't know how to type a fada

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#20 24-12-2010 08:51PM

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feelingstressed wrote: »

Marla

Supposed to be a fada in there but I don't know how to type a fada

it's easy, you just do this á
try it, all you have to do is this á

oh, and it's mála, not marla, weirdos

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#21 24-12-2010 08:52PM

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ctrl, alt and the letter you want the fáda with.

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#22 24-12-2010 08:52PM

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Marla was the single greatest thing on earth while in Junior - Senior infants, Fact.

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#23 24-12-2010 08:54PM

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MGMTea wrote: »

Marla was the single greatest thing on earth while in Junior - Senior infants, Fact.

Nooooooo strawberry milk was..

OOoh and I liked the making things with Straws..

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

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Larianne wrote: »

Nooooooo strawberry milk was..

OOoh and I liked the making things with Straws..

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

and pipe cleaners!

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#25 24-12-2010 08:55PM

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Larianne wrote: »

Nooooooo strawberry milk was..

OOoh and I liked the making things with Straws..

Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

+1 and Pokemon Cards ! I was the king of teh pokemons

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#26 24-12-2010 08:55PM

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and pipe cleaners!

Nah, we didn't have them.

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#27 24-12-2010 08:56PM

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MGMTea wrote: »

+1 and Pokemon Cards ! I was the king of teh pokemons

Oh you're a youngling..

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#28 24-12-2010 08:56PM

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Larianne wrote: »

ctrl, alt and the letter you want the fáda with.

Alt Gr key and letter also works....

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#29 24-12-2010 08:56PM

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does it fcukin matter

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Larianne wrote: »

Nah, we didn't have them.

well I didn't have strawberry milk

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#31 24-12-2010 09:00PM

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well I didn't have strawberry milk

:eek:

You poor thing!

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