Aunty Mary

26-03-2008 6:04pm #1

On the radio yesterday somebody said that approx. 70% of Irish people have an Aunt or Aunts called Mary. After a quick survey of the people in studio, they discovered that it was only 20%, but with such a small sample size, it's hard to tell.

I have one, do you?

RedXIV · 26-03-2008 6:06pm

lol yup

Baldie · 26-03-2008 6:07pm

I kind of have an Auntie Mary, she's a step Aunt, if that counts....

gcgirl · 26-03-2008 6:07pm

I don't have an aunty Mary!:)

Rb · 26-03-2008 6:07pm

Nope.

monkeyfudge · 26-03-2008 6:09pm

No... But I do have an uncle called Bob.

KTRIC · 26-03-2008 6:09pm

Yep, one Aunty Mary and my mums name is Mary as well.

folan · 26-03-2008 6:10pm

+1. and a granny!

cornbb · 26-03-2008 6:10pm

I have 2 Auntie Marys if your uncle's wife counts as an aunt, none otherwise.

Edit: I've read the word aunt so many times in this thread that it now looks really weird and meaningless, is this happening to anyone else?

Al_Fernz · 26-03-2008 6:11pm

Yup - a great-auntie Mary. She looks/acts like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons too.

Fizman · 26-03-2008 6:11pm

Yup! We called her Mary Poppins (not to her face) as kids......she is one of those aunts who always has a smile on her face and puts a smile on yours too. Savage cook too btw!

26-03-2008 6:11pm

cornbb wrote: »

I have 2 Auntie Marys if your uncle's wife counts as an aunt, none otherwise.

WTF would she be if she wasn't your Aunty?

6th · 26-03-2008 6:13pm

I have one.

26-03-2008 6:13pm

Yep lol

monkeyfudge · 26-03-2008 6:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

WTF would she be if she wasn't your Aunty?

Secret lover?

Schism · 26-03-2008 6:14pm

I do actually!

themadchef · 26-03-2008 6:14pm

Yes! Love my Auntie Mary.

With 18 grand kids for my parents in total (so far) not one Mary in sight. Don't remember the last time i heard someone call a young child "Mary". So i'm guessing it's not that popular anymore.

Lots of Auntie Ann's out there too i think.

cornbb · 26-03-2008 6:16pm

Deleted User wrote: »

WTF would she be if she wasn't your Aunty?

I always took aunt to mean "a parent's sister", not "a parent's sister-in-law", I have no idea of thats the proper definition.

Schism · 26-03-2008 6:16pm

themadchef wrote: »

Yes! Love my Auntie Mary.

With 18 grand kids for my parents in total (so far) not one Mary in sight. Don't remember the last time i heard someone call a young child "Mary". So i'm guessing it's not that popular anymore.

Lots of Auntie Ann's out there too i think.

Have one of those too, what else you got for me?

Creature · 26-03-2008 6:21pm

Nope don't have one.

monkeyfudge wrote: »

No... But I do have an uncle called Bob.

Is he a Terminator by any chance?

wixfjord · 26-03-2008 6:23pm

Yip!

26-03-2008 6:23pm

Schism wrote: »

Have one of those too, what else you got for me?

I've an Aunty Ann as well. How bout Aunty Margaret? (though mine is called Margie)

Lazare · 26-03-2008 6:23pm

Why are so many 50+ Dublin women called Bernie? That's what I want to know.

monkeyfudge · 26-03-2008 6:24pm

Creature wrote: »

Is he a Terminator by any chance?

I'll try setting fire to him and get back to you on that.

Schism · 26-03-2008 6:28pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I've an Aunty Ann as well. How bout Aunty Margaret? (though mine is called Margie)

Yes I do, married to my uncle Mike. I have many many aunts and uncles

Fizman · 26-03-2008 6:29pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I've an Aunty Ann as well. How bout Aunty Margaret?

Yup......and yup. Ann and Margaret here too

Spaceman Spiff · 26-03-2008 6:31pm

I have an Auntie Mary and Auntie Ann as well.

How many Uncle Danny's are there kicking around I wonder?

whatsgoinon · 26-03-2008 6:31pm

My auntie mary died in 1988

Popinjay · 26-03-2008 6:32pm

Mary, Ann, Bernie - No Margaret or Margie or anything. Got a Brenda though :cool:.

Ruu_Old · 26-03-2008 6:33pm

Yep, one Ann and one Anna as well.

armour87 · 26-03-2008 6:33pm

1 Full proper genuine authentic aunt Mary here

Saint_Mel · 26-03-2008 6:33pm

I have 2 Aunts called Mary ... but both are my Aunts through marraige.

I have an Aunt Marie, pronounced Maree, is thats any good!

Dizzyblonde · 26-03-2008 6:34pm

No, and I feel a bit left out really.................:(

26-03-2008 6:39pm

whatsgoinon wrote: »

My auntie mary died in 1988

My condolences.

Saint_Mel wrote: »

I have 2 Aunts called Mary ... but both are my Aunts through marraige.

I have an Aunt Marie, pronounced Maree, is thats any good!

I also have an aunt Marie, pronounced as above (though she has Hyacinth Bucket-esque delusions of grandeur and pronounces it Maw-ree).

takola · 26-03-2008 6:46pm

Yep!

John Mason · 26-03-2008 6:55pm

No but i have a granny called mary

Pepe LeFrits · 26-03-2008 6:56pm

Had one, cancer

Clare Bear · 26-03-2008 7:13pm

Yep have one, aul bitch!

Toto Wolfcastle · 26-03-2008 7:24pm

No Marys in my family. I have an aunt Dara, and everyone laughs at her for having a boys name.

Mary isn't popular anymore so I'd say we wont be hearing of many Auntie Marys in the future. Out of 10 1st and 2nd year classes in the school I teach in there's one Mary

Nightwish · 26-03-2008 7:40pm

There's isnt anyone in my family called Mary (thankfully!). I did go to school with 4 Mary's and one of my housemate's is called Mary but I reckon the 90's pretty much killed off the name.

jb91 · 26-03-2008 7:44pm

Does a great aunt called Marie count?

internelligent · 26-03-2008 7:48pm

No Aunt Mary here. At the same time, Mary was a VERY popular name about 40 - 50 years ago methinks

internelligent · 26-03-2008 7:50pm

Looking at the poll, it seems fairly acurate. My mother's name is Mary and I've a s**t load of cousins too.

Dizzyblabla · 26-03-2008 8:22pm

I've a grand-aunt Máire and an Aunt Maura, that's close enough, isn't it?

littlebug · 26-03-2008 8:27pm

I have 3 aunty Mary's. My Granny was Mary and I had a great aunt Mary. I have 2 aunts in law called Mary and a cousin in law Mary.

The guy · 26-03-2008 8:29pm

No but I do have an uncle Mary.

Duff · 26-03-2008 8:29pm

Nope

Toto Wolfcastle · 26-03-2008 8:32pm

I just realised that half the people I work with are called Mary or Maura or Maire, all over 40. Also, Mary Hanifan recently said that you've a great chance of becoming a politician if your name is Mary because there are a few of them. It's definitely a generational thing.

robinph · 26-03-2008 8:42pm

No Marys in my family, but then I'm not Irish.

I voted anyway just to screw up the statistics in the poll a bit though.

Sherifu · 26-03-2008 8:50pm

Yes.
Poll - 69.9% Yes.

Quality · 26-03-2008 8:53pm

My mam was christened Mary Jane, But everybody knows her as Jennie. She was never called Mary whats that all about?

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