To cringe when i hear people calling their mum " mammy" ?

[Mummy2Bookie]

I lived in Ireland a few years ago ( down south, countryside) and I never got used to people, both children and adults, calling their mum " mammy". In my experience it only seems to be a " down south countryside" things. I could be wrong but I never encountered it in Dublin or other areas in the northern part of the republic. It makes me cringe everytime I hear it. Even mam sounds better than mammy.

I'm Welsh and I'm mammy to my three young children. And after waiting for a very long time for my three to arrive I'm thrilled to be a mammy!

Stopped calling my mother mammy sometime ago though. She's mam. I do find it slightly odd when a friend of mine (52) calls her mother mammy.

I just don't like it. Don't know why. Just don't

It's very common here in NE England too, don't see the problem to be honest.

I've never been to Ireland and my mum is mam to me. When I was little she was mammy.

Why is it you dislike it? Other than that people from the countryside use it but people from Dublin don't I mean.

Isn't it a good job you moved then.

YABU I am from the NE but live elsewhere now. I get a warm glow inside when my parents talk to my children and refer to me as 'mammy' Takes me right back to my childhood.

what business is it of yours, I never understand why people get so charged up about these things.

I am completely baffled by your post tbh. What exactly is it about "Mammy" you don't like?

hearing the word Mom makes me feel all weird - but I'm not about to make a thing about it.

Is that all you really have to worry about?

What on earth has it got to do with you, and why are you so bothered by it?

BTW, my parents and nearly all of my family are from 'down south, countryside' and all use the term Mam, Mammy, or Mother.

How about you cringe yourself into a corner and then STFU?

Basically you dislike a word that is from a dialect other than your own. It's almost as bad as those funny French people saying Maman. They should know that all mothers are referred to a Mum. Inside your head. YABU.

I call my mum mummy and ds who mixes english italian and gurariti calls me a mix of everything and it comes out a bit like 'murmy' - ok by me.

Why would you care?

Gujarati, even.

I have a mummy, my DD has a muma (french/english), DH has a mother and my business partner who is from Dublin has a Mammy. Different strokes and all of that.

So we're just not cool enough for you then?

I shall then Fuck Right Off because I have to go ring my MAMMY

Stop making me broody with your bilingual babies damn you.

You're just being a snob, and you know it.

It makes you cringe because you associate it with ignorant culchies, while mom is like, sooooo much better, roysh?

I love 'mammy' it sounds so warm and loving.

My 4 year old half-Polish son calls his mum 'mama' - how's that?

I'm Irish and this makes me cringe too.
Don't know why but it really annoys me.

Geordie here. I'm a 'mam' now but was 'mammy when my DC were little. Same through the numerous generations of my family.

not Irish, but live in Ireland - think this is widespread - In Dublin too - DD's cousin says 'mammy'; DD doesn't but that's probably because I am English. Um, it doesn't matter