Calling your parents 'mammy' and 'daddy'

cosanostra · 28-02-2012 08:16PM

Inishowen and Derry are big into using Mammy and Daddy not heard it used many other places usually Mum and Dad or the old doll/boy. If I heard someone say their old man I would assume they meant their husband and not their father

Mr Benevolent · 28-02-2012 08:23PM

Mum and Dad.

membersonly · 28-02-2012 08:24PM

Did any of ye ever call your teacher Mammy by mistake? I did, very embarrassing.

In my defense though I was very young, I was only in first year like...in college.

krudler · 28-02-2012 08:25PM

mam and dad, calling them mammy and daddy and not in a joking way as an adult is inherently creepy

ottostreet · 28-02-2012 08:35PM

Moo-ma! Moo-pa!

midlandsmissus · 28-02-2012 08:41PM

F-Stop wrote: »

I call my parents at least once a week, but I always have to make something up so that I can hang up because they go on and on and it gets either really annoying or really boring. Not their fault, I'm sure my kids will find me to be annoying and boring when they're my age.

I feel bad saying this but I always tell Mam I have to get something to eat to get her off the phone. I love her to bits but she does waffle on.

My parents are quite elderly so every conversation starts with telling me about some-one who just died "Ah you KNOW them - Sarah's uncle went to school with him when they were young lads across the fields etc" No Mam I never met him?

senorwipesalot · 28-02-2012 09:08PM

Im on first name terms with both my parents since about 12.

beks101 · 28-02-2012 09:25PM

I don't know anyone who calls their parents mammy and daddy.

Mom and Dad for me. No I'm not American, sounds normal to me.

Odats · 28-02-2012 09:30PM

Mammy and Ducker (never goes by anything else)

Jess16 · 28-02-2012 10:18PM

To my friends: "It's my Mum's birthday"
To a stranger: "This is my Mother"
To Daddy: "Where's Mammy?"
To her: "Maaaaaaaaaaaaam -what's for dinner?"

bullets · 28-02-2012 10:18PM

twas always Mammy and Daddy in our household.

It was only growing up as a teenager when Friends were present
when it got embarrassing to refer to the parents as such.
And even now into my 30's I feel a little self conscious if I was to refer
to them as Mammy and Daddy!

Oddly I used to call one grandmother "MUM" as a child and not granny/grandma etc.

I'd like to think if I ever had kids I would be called "Dad" or "Daddy"
from my kid growing up. I think I'd feel odd if my potential future son or daughter started calling me by my first name.

Mammy & Daddy to me sounds like suberb/country type lingo.
Mam & Dad being more urban
Kids calling parents by their first name to me sounds parents with broken relationships that are not together.
(ie unmarried mother not in a relationship with the father of the child)
~B

LemonPledge · 28-02-2012 10:18PM

I call them Mam and Dad, I always found it weird when people use Mammy and Daddy

Chocoholic84 · 28-02-2012 10:48PM

Always was and always will be Mammy and Daddy. Doesn't sound weird to me, I find it weirder people who would do it when they were younger but suddenly change to Mam or Dad - you're basically changing their names

It just wouldn't sound right for me

holystungun9 · 28-02-2012 10:57PM

'Daddy' is only acceptable when used in the phrase 'Who's your daddy' whilst having jiggy jiggy sexy love.

LordSutch · 29-02-2012 08:00AM

I always think of that old Al Jolson song when I hear somebody say Mammy

Mammy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIaj7FNHnjQ&feature=player_detailpage

Janedoe10 · 29-02-2012 08:18AM

It was always mammy and daddy for the sibling until the trIp to the big smoke and after one weekend the accent changed and it all changed .. Now it's Muuuum (note emphasis) word dragged out ... Its a bit funny cause u cant but help immating her . poor Pappa is still daddy though ..

Joe10000 · 29-02-2012 08:24AM

Mum and Dad.

Freddie59 · 29-02-2012 09:24AM

God rest them both, it was always Mam and Dad. Can never get my head around Mum though. Shouldn't dad then be called........Dud?

mikemac1 · 29-02-2012 09:39AM

Of course it's Mammy, the Irish Mammy rules everything

pragmatic1 · 29-02-2012 09:45AM

Mum, Dad, the auld ones/auld pair. Never heard anyone over the age of ten call their parents mammy and daddy.

RachaelVO · 29-02-2012 10:58AM

I always say Mammy and Daddy... My brothers n sister would be of the Ma and Da persuasion, but I never did, it's always been Mammy and Daddy, always will be.

My Mother is dead a few years, but up to her death and even now with my father, if I'm staying I still give/gave them/him a kiss goodnight! ALWAYS! Don't care how it's perceived by anyone, it's proof I love them and them me!

kylith · 29-02-2012 11:53AM

Jess16 wrote: »

To my friends: "It's my Mum's birthday"
To a stranger: "This is my Mother"
To Daddy: "Where's Mammy?"
To her: "Maaaaaaaaaaaaam -what's for dinner?"

Pretty much this, except that to my friends I call her The Mammy.

OldNotWIse · 29-02-2012 12:04PM

Mam and Dad, but when speaking about Mam I will often refer to her as "my Mum" - dont know why. My best friend calls her parents by name and has done since she was a child, which I always found very strange

Freddie59 · 29-02-2012 12:42PM

RachaelVO wrote: »

I always say Mammy and Daddy... My brothers n sister would be of the Ma and Da persuasion, but I never did, it's always been Mammy and Daddy, always will be.

My Mother is dead a few years, but up to her death and even now with my father, if I'm staying I still give/gave them/him a kiss goodnight! ALWAYS! Don't care how it's perceived by anyone, it's proof I love them and them me!

And fair play to you for declaring it on a public forum.:) Pity there aren't more like you.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 29-02-2012 01:09PM

Its a very Irish thing, its fine for children but is plain wrong when used by older people. A friend of mine (42yrs old) still refers to his parents as mammy and daddy and its just freekin weird. Last week i was speaking with a work colleague in another office, his mother had been ill over christmas and i asked how she was doing, he started to tell me and called her mammy...He's 52/53years old, it was so odd to hear someone that age call their mother 'mammy'

I use Mum and Dad.

kylith · 29-02-2012 01:19PM

When I'm talking to one of my brothers about our parents I tend to call them 'your X'. "Did you call your mother?", "Have you seen your father?".

Does anyone else do that?

Loopie · 29-02-2012 01:20PM

I'll use either mum or mam, and for my dad it's, well, dad or pops (in a jokey way) and whenever I'm leaving after visiting, I'll always give them a hug and a kiss - it would feel weird if I didn't. I always hug the dog too, but I call her by her name not, "dog"...

RachaelVO · 29-02-2012 01:26PM

Freddie59 wrote: »

And fair play to you for declaring it on a public forum.:) Pity there aren't more like you.

Awwww, Thanks

My parents are some of the most important people in the world to me, as they probably are to lots of people. I'm not going to hide the fact that I still use my childhood titles for them. Don't care if people think it's weird or childish, they're MY Mammy and MY Daddy.

In fact my Mam died very suddenly, I was only speaking to her a few hours before she died and I told her I loved her, glad I did.

Having a bit of affection between you and your parents is nothing to be ashamed of, I think it should be encouraged, and if your lucky enough to have one or both parents still with you, embrace the madness, it's not gonna last forever!