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Why do Irish kids call plasticine "mawla"

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  • #32
    Daniel S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    It's mála.


  • #33
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Strawberry milk was the great and the way it came in those little cartoons, happy days.


  • #34
    Colmo52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Colmo52


    mtb_kng wrote: »
    It's mála.

    Thats a school bag.


  • #35
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    http://www.schoolbooksireland.ie/store/category/3/8/Plasticine/


  • #36
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Colmo52 wrote: »
    Thats a school bag.

    mála scoile ;)


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  • #37
    alandublin15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭alandublin15


    in china we cor it molra


  • #38
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,385 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    We always called it playdough. Never even heard it being called 'mala' until last year.


  • #39
    growler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,188 ✭✭✭growler


    Larianne wrote: »
    Ooh and the pegs thingymabob.

    rocking chairs from the auld wooden pegs.. those were the days .. ish


  • #40
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,187 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    We always called it playdough. Never even heard it being called 'mala' until last year.

    Playdough was different if I remember correctly. It was softer to mush up.


  • #41
    Mrmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Mrmoe


    kowloon wrote: »
    Playdough was different if I remember correctly. It was softer to mush up.

    It has a different smell as well, I used to love sniffing mala.:o


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  • #42
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    growler wrote: »
    rocking chairs from the auld wooden pegs.. those were the days .. ish

    Wut? :confused:

    I'm talking about pushing pegs into a board and making a picture out of it.


  • #43
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I called it playdough. Had no idea what everyone was going on about with their mala when I moved over here.


  • #44
    Craptacular
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Craptacular


    Mála = bag
    Marla = plasticine
    Foclóir = dictionary


  • #45
    growler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,188 ✭✭✭growler


    Larianne wrote: »
    Wut? :confused:

    I'm talking about pushing pegs into a board and making a picture out of it.

    amateur


  • #46
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Who cares?!?! Mix all colours and it comes out like sheet! :mad:


  • #47
    shinikins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,842 ✭✭✭shinikins


    It was called Mála because that was the brand name of the cheap sh!te the school bought, Plasticine cost more and didn't turn that vile diarrhea colour after 5 minutes!


  • #48
    GizAGoOfYerGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭GizAGoOfYerGee


    http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary?language=english&word=Plasticine


  • #49
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    phasers wrote: »
    mála is an Irish word afaik

    Mála = bag

    Mawla isn't a word (even phonetically)

    Marla is the Irish word used for modelling clay / plasticine.


  • #50
    bmw535d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    defo marla


  • #51
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Liam Byrne wrote: »

    Marla is the bogger word used for modelling clay / plasticine.

    fyp ;)


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  • #52
    enfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭enfield


    Marl clay. It's under the subsoil.


  • #53
    Jamiekelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭Jamiekelly


    Is this where the grammar nazi's have their christmas party? :pac:


  • #54
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭emo72


    hands up anyone that tasted the mala;)


  • #55
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,187 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Mrmoe wrote: »
    It has a different smell as well, I used to love sniffing mala.:o

    It was like the glue of early childhood, but then came along Tippex, polystyrene cement and felt tip markers. A whole new world, one with exciting new colours and textures was opened up to me.


  • #56
    Krusader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


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

    The Irish word is in fact Marla


  • #57
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Jamiekelly wrote: »
    So this is where the grammar Nazis have their Christmas party? :pac:

    And the punctuation & typography Nazis.

    FYP. :)


  • #58
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Larianne wrote: »
    ctrl, alt and the letter you want the fáda with.

    Somewhat paradoxically, fada doesn't have one. :)


  • #59
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    Somewhat paradoxically, fada doesn't have one. :)

    damn it. I though it did. Boo.


  • #60
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    kowloon wrote: »
    It was like the glue of early childhood, but then came along Tippex, polystyrene cement and felt tip markers. A whole new world, one with exciting new colours and textures was opened up to me.

    And for some others, exciting new vapours.


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  • #61
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,014 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    so who else used to make Marla boogers hanging from their nose?
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