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The Daily PollPoll: What do you call your mother?
Mother’s Day is this Sunday.
IT’S MOTHER’S DAY this Sunday.
A survey commissioned by Beko, ran by iReach, this week showed a wide range of variations for what Irish people call their mothers.
It found one third of adults call their mother ‘Mam’ when they’re speaking to her. 23% prefer ‘Mum’, 12% say ‘Mom’ and a further 12% use ‘Mammy’.
Ahead of Sunday, we want to know… What do you call your mother?
Poll Results:
Mam (6070)
Mum (3262)
Mammy (1692)
Ma (1589)
Mom (1478)
Something else (842)
Their actual name (694)
have your say