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 a 'mami'. I have an irrational dislike of being called 'mum' which DH tends to do if he's writing me a card from DD.

Don't be bloody ridiculous. Jesus.

Mamsnet get a fucking hold of yourself.

I am a welsh Mami too, but always remember a kid in school trying to get his mothers attention in the middle of an adult conversation...

Mam, mam, mam, mami- oh, mami-oh, maaaaaaaami!

In typical welsh piss take Nick name form he was known as mami- o for the remainder of his life.

We don't live in uk and my son has started calling my mumma...like the locals ( better than mutti though)

Mummy to a lot of welsh is kind of pretentious and uppity.

Mam rules the family.

God your all so miserable. It's Just an opinion. Get over yourselves.

All mother's are mammy in NE....except me apparently, my girls are 'Southern' so I'm their mum. Much to the amusement of thier friends. I love to hear little children say mammy

Another Welsh "mami" here, or "mam" for short.

Dc did go through a phase of "mummy" whilst we were on holiday with English friends, but then changed back afterwards.

OP - yabvvu

A ridiculous opinion, if you ask me. Which you did.

my mum is a Mamie (french for Nana) so I would say YABU

metherbumfit- love the NN

I'm a mammy, and i love it. Much prefer it to mummy.

Grew up a lot in Dublin and heard lots of 'Mammy' and 'Maaaaa'

FFS get a life. Cringe? How old are you, 6?

I called mine "mother" - sadly she now resides in the big mansion in the sky :(

YANBU, I cringe when I hear adults call their parents mammy and daddy! And I live near Dublin!

Well then you are every bit as daft as OP, lady007!

Of all the things to 'cringe' at...

I love it! It's old fashioned sounding...like the folk song

"Thou shall have a fishy on a little dishie thou shall have a fishy when the boat comes in. Dance to the Daddy sing to the Mammy...etc.

Old. Nice. Rooted in tradition.

My Belfast aunts and uncles, when talking about their mum call her 'The Mammy'. 'Mammy' when they're addressing her, but 'The Mammy' when talking abut her. I really like it.

I absolutely love the Irish accent - and I mean as in the Republic of Eire by Irish btw - gorgeous , so warm and friendly , and yes Mammy is part of that and reflects the great affection 'mammy' is held in their very family orientated culture. Get over yourself - what exactly is your point ?

when daniel o'donell talks about his 'mammy' a little part of me dies

mammy is culchie

That's totally correct and proper Duplicitous that's different.

Admit I do find Daniel O Donnel a tad twee - a sort of 'chocolate box' Irish - so I will concede on that one

I grew up in the North East and my mother was Mammy and my grandma was called Mother!!

It completely makes me cringe when I hear adults saying mammy and mummy as well, I find it a bit odd, I'd never even heard it until a few years ago